Overview
- Chicago police released a stock photo of a red 2015 Ford Explorer linked to the case and asked the public to call the Major Accident Investigation Unit with tips as the driver remains at large.
- The crash, which happened early Sunday around 1:20 a.m. at 63rd Street and South Kedzie Avenue, killed 18-year-old bicyclist Damian Gomez and injured two others.
- Investigators say the SUV ran a red light, struck Gomez, hit a southbound silver car that had the green, crashed into a pole, and the driver fled on foot.
- A 22-year-old woman riding in the SUV was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, and a 60-year-old woman in the silver car was treated at the scene.
- Gomez had been delivering food for DoorDash to earn extra money, his family set up a funeral fundraiser, and the case has renewed calls for safer streets on dangerous corridors such as Kedzie Avenue.