Ayca Sarialioglu, 29, was arrested and charged with felony counts of failing to report an accident involving injury and leaving the scene of a traffic accident involving injury after crashing her vehicle into a ride-hailing service driver.
Cook County Judge Ankur Srivastava set Sarialioglu’s bond at $5,000. She must pay 10% of that amount to be released from custody.
As she left, Sarialioglu allegedly crashed into a parked van and continued on, before she was seen exiting the garage at a high rate of speed eastbound down Chestnut Street. The victim had his back to Sarialioglu’s vehicle and did not see it coming when he was struck, but the force of the collision was enough to launch him into the air and toss him head over heels twice before he landed on the pavement, Konetzki said.
About 15 minutes after the crash, a 911 caller reported that a woman, later allegedly identified as Sarialioglu, appeared to be passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle that had significant damage in the 300 block of West Erie Street — less than a mile from where the man was struck. When witnesses approached to provide assistance, she “responded aggressively” to them, according to Konetzki.
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