Kurdi died after being hit by a car back in June, but the driver only received a traffic citation. Kurdi's family wants criminal charges in the case.
Kurdi was struck June 5 after getting out of his car in front of his home in Oak Lawn. The 28-year-old later died. The person who hit him was given a traffic ticket.Oak Lawn police let drunk driver go after she killed family's 28-year-old 'backbone,' attorney says
The female driver who was ticketed is Leanne Cusack. Both Cusack's attorney and Kurdi's attorney said Cusack admitted to officers at the scene that she had two drinks at a bar before the incident, and she declined to take a breathalyzer test. Cusack appeared in court Tuesday for the traffic violation of "failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident." Cusack was escorted out of the back of the courtroom and exited through a non-public entrance of the courthouse.
The attorney representing Cusack said Cusack has had death threats and said there was testing done at the scene by an officer.
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