A Chicago man was ordered held on $250,000 bail Friday in the death of a woman who prosecutors said was struck and killed by the car he was driving. Police discovered the woman in the suspect’s car after he was in a second accident shortly afterward, authorities said.
Pedro Perez, 36, of the 6000 block of West Gunnison Street appeared in Cook County Bond Court, charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence.
Assistant Cook County State’s Atty. Jennifer Bagby said Perez was driving in the 4700 block of West Wabansia Avenue about 7 a.m. Wednesday when his car struck Michelle Chaney, 37. Perez pulled his car over and put the injured woman in the back seat and continued driving, authorities said. In the 2500 block of North Central Avenue, his car and another car collided, injuring another person, authorities said. A police report said Perez told officers that the woman in his car was a friend and he was driving her home.
Perez later said he was driving the woman to a hospital, according to authorities.
Chaney was pronounced dead at Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
