A Worth man was charged with reckless homicide after fatally striking a 46-year-old man during a hit and run on Monday following a road rage incident, police said.
Abdalla Shaban, 27, was charged with reckless homicide, leaving the scene of an accident involving death or personal injury and multiple traffic offenses under the Illinois Vehicle Code, according to the Worth Police Department.
Police responded to a hit-and-run crash in the 6500 block of West 115th Street at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, finding a man had been struck by a dark-colored BMW sedan, which was driven off south on Natchez Avenue, police said.
Police said the crash stemmed from a prior road rage incident involving the BMW driver and the victim’s adult son.
The victim, who was on foot and witnessed the road rage incident, stepped into the road to intervene. As he checked on his son, the BMW driver redirected the vehicle and fatally struck him, police said.
Shaban was located shortly after the crash at his home in the 11500 block of South Natchez Avenue and arrested, police said.
The victim was taken to Advocate Christ Trauma Center in Oak Lawn, where he died, police said.
Shaban had a detention hearing at 9 a.m. on Thursday at the Cook County courthouse in Bridgeview, police said.
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