16-year-old charged in fatal Aurora crash
A 16-year-old Aurora boy has been charged with reckless homicide and aggravated street racing in connection with a Friday night crash that killed a 49-year-old man and seriously injured his 15-year-old daughter.
The boy, who has not been identified because of his age, was charged Thursday afternoon after turning himself in to Aurora police earlier in the day, authorities said. He is being held in the River Valley Justice Center in Joliet.
The maximum sentence he faces is to be held in an Illinois Department of Corrections juvenile facility until his 21st birthday.
Charles D. Siebel Jr., of Aurora, was killed and his 15-year-old daughter was injured in the crash that occurred around 10:15 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Eola Road and Shenandoah Drive.
Authorities believe the juvenile was drag racing with a 20-year-old Plainfield man when the crash occurred. The Plainfield man has not yet been charged, but Will County prosecutors say the case remains under review.
Both the 16- and 20-year-olds were driving very fast south on Eola when the juvenile, who was driving a 2011 Dodge Charger, slammed into Seibel's 2004 Toyota Highlander as he was turning left onto Eola from the stop sign at Shenandoah, authorities said. The 20-year-old man, who was driving a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix, was just south of the other two vehicles at the time of the crash.
Both Siebel and his daughter had to be extricated from the Highlander. Siebel was pronounced dead around 3 a.m. Monday at Rush Copley Medical Center. His daughter has since been released from the same hospital.
The 16-year-old suffered minor injuries and the 20-year-old refused medical treatment.