A Rogers Park man was charged with reckless homicide Thursday after he hit and killed a pedestrian in July with a car he was driving in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, officials said.
Alejandro Rojas, 28, of the 6400 block of North Glenwood Avenue, was arrested after he was identified as the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian using a crosswalk about 4:45 p.m. July 23 in the 3500 block of North Central Avenue, police said.
The victim was identified as Tadeusz Jakowski, 59, of the 550 block of West Berteau Avenue in Chicago, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office at the time.
Jakowski was pronounced dead at 6:53 p.m. at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after being taken there in critical condition, according to the medical examiner’s office.
At the time of the incident, police said Rojas was cited for driving an uninsured vehicle and not practicing due care with a pedestrian in the roadway.
In a Thursday news release, police said Rojas was charged with a felony count of reckless homicide, and he is scheduled to appear in Cook County bond court Friday.
