Street racers get probation for 100 mph crash that killed tourist near Midway Airport
CHICAGO — Two men who crashed their Corvettes during a 100 mph race near Midway Airport, killing a tourist who was walking nearby, have been sentenced to probation. Aaron Guerrero, 29, and Noe Garcia, 37, pleaded guilty before Judge Ursula Walowski on Tuesday.
Prosecutors said Chicago police collected witness statements and video that showed Guerrero and Garcia speeding south on Cicero Avenue, swerving and speeding up to 100 mph in a 30 mph zone around 1:30 a.m. on August 28, 2022.
Just before 65th Street, Guerrero swerved around Garcia’s car and struck a vehicle that was making a legal turn, officials said. After impact, Guerrero’s car hit a 41-year-old woman in a crosswalk as she was walking back to her hotel with a friend. The victim and her friend also had a green light.
Surveillance video showed Garcia driving slowly past the crash scene, then driving away, prosecutors said. Guerrero remained at the scene. His attorney said all drug and alcohol tests came back negative.
Data from Guerrero’s airbag indicated that his car was traveling 103 mph as it approached 65th Street. His car braked to 81 mph, then accelerated to 87 mph before impact.
Neither man had any criminal background, and both remained in contact with police and prosecutors in the months that passed between the crash and the decision to file charges.
However, prosecutors said Guerrero had a history of speeding. He received supervision for speeding in 2014 and twice in 2020 and he was ticketed for speeding again in 2021.
On Tuesday, Guerrero pleaded guilty to reckless homicide with a motor vehicle in exchange for 30 months of probation and 300 hours of community service, according to court records. Garcia pleaded guilty to aggravated street racing and received the same sentence.
THIS CASE IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF HOW AMERICAN SOCIETY IS SLOWLY COLLAPSING. JUSTICE WOULD HAVE BEEN 4 to 6 IN THE STATE PENITENTIARY ON THE ROCK PILE.
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