A 16-year-old boy faces felony charges after he allegedly crashed into a car while driving 100 mph, killing a suburban Chicago father and seriously injuring his daughter.
The teen was charged as a juvenile with reckless homicide and aggravated street racing. He turned himself into Aurora detectives Wednesday, police said.
The crash happened around 10:15 p.m. on Dec. 4 in Aurora.
Chuck D. Siebel, 49, and his daughter Cassidy had just dropped off the 15-year-old’s friend around 10:15 p.m. when the two stopped at a stop sign at Eola Road in their Toyota Highlander.
As the car pulled out of the subdivision, taking a left turn to travel less than a half mile towards their home, the SUV was T-boned by a Dodge Charger that was reported to be traveling about 100 mph, police said.
The 16-year-old behind the wheel of the Charger, who is not being named because of his age, had been drag racing with a 20-year-old Plainfield man in a Pontiac Grand Prix who avoided the crash, according to police. The 20-year-old has not been charged, police said, though they noted an investigation is ongoing and additional charges are possible.
Both Siebel and Cassidy were seriously injured and had been removed from the vehicle by Aurora firefighters before being transported to Rush-Copley Medical Center. Siebel died of his injuries at 3 a.m. Monday morning. He had been receiving treatment at the facility since the Friday night incident.
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“Horrific,” said Dan Ferrelli of Aurora Police Department. “When you look at the number of lives that had been affected by this, and especially at this time of year, it’s just a horrific, horrific crash.”
Cassidy is still being treated for serious, but non-life threatening injuries, police said. The 16-year-old in the car that killed her father suffered minor injuries and the 20-year-old refused medical treatment at the scene of the crash.
Siebel, of the 2400 block of Biltmore Circle, worked in sales and enjoyed refereeing youth basketball games in his spare time. He and his family are members of Aurora's New Song Community Church.
"Just a generous guy, had a great sense of humor," said New Song Community Church Pastor Jason Dail, who says the entire church is heartbroken. "He was a very loving husband, a very loving father.”
The church is working to raise funds for the family dealing with such tragedy before the holidays.
The maximum sentence the teen faces is being held in an Illinois Department of Corrections juvenile facility until his 21st birthday, according to prosecutors.
