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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on December 8, 2013 at 6:02am

So tragic.

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Permalink Reply by Davo on December 8, 2013 at 6:22am

How many DUI's do we figure this guy had before he killed someone?

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on December 8, 2013 at 6:53am

Could be number of prior DUIs. Could be other "aggravating" factors:

(1) Every person convicted of committing a violation

of this Section shall be guilty of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds, or any combination thereof if:

(A) the person committed a violation of

subsection (a) or a similar provision for the third or subsequent time;

(B) the person committed a violation of

subsection (a) while driving a school bus with persons 18 years of age or younger on board;

(C) the person in committing a violation of

subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement to another, when the violation was a proximate cause of the injuries;

(D) the person committed a violation of

subsection (a) and has been previously convicted of violating Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 or a similar provision of a law of another state relating to reckless homicide in which the person was determined to have been under the influence of alcohol, other drug or drugs, or intoxicating compound or compounds as an element of the offense or the person has previously been convicted under subparagraph (C) or subparagraph (F) of this paragraph (1);

(E) the person, in committing a violation of

subsection (a) while driving at any speed in a school speed zone at a time when a speed limit of 20 miles per hour was in effect under subsection (a) of Section 11-605 of this Code, was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in bodily harm, other than great bodily harm or permanent disability or disfigurement, to another person, when the violation of subsection (a) was a proximate cause of the bodily harm;

(F) the person, in committing a violation of

subsection (a), was involved in a motor vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or watercraft accident that resulted in the death of another person, when the violation of subsection (a) was a proximate cause of the death;

(G) the person committed a violation of

subsection (a) during a period in which the defendant's driving privileges are revoked or suspended, where the revocation or suspension was for a violation of subsection (a) or a similar provision, Section 11-501.1, paragraph (b) of Section 11-401, or for reckless homicide as defined in Section 9-3 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012;

(H) the person committed the violation while he

or she did not possess a driver's license or permit or a restricted driving permit or a judicial driving permit or a monitoring device driving permit;

(I) the person committed the violation while he

or she knew or should have known that the vehicle he or she was driving was not covered by a liability insurance policy;

(J) the person in committing a violation of

subsection (a) was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in bodily harm, but not great bodily harm, to the child under the age of 16 being transported by the person, if the violation was the proximate cause of the injury; or

(K) the person in committing a second violation

of subsection (a) or a similar provision was transporting a person under the age of 16.

Davo said:

How many DUI's do we figure this guy had before he killed someone?

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on December 8, 2013 at 10:20am

More detail at dnainfo

First of all, RIP, Hector.  You didn't deserve to die just for riding your bike.

The accused, an executive at Stroger Hospital, would likely have been traveling southwest on Ogden, to get home to Riverside.  And the deceased, whose mother said he worked at "El Hefe" restaurant at State & Hubbard, was headed home likely the same direction southwest down Ogden.  So, was Hector rear-ended or sideswiped?

If Hector was mowed down from behind by a speeding drunk, this begins to sound like Bobby Cann's tragic death, repeated.

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Permalink Reply by Josh L. on December 8, 2013 at 12:12pm

That one was buried  when I posted this am. Also focused on the DUI charge. not the arrest (I know that one was updated later).

h' 1.0 said:

Older thread-- not sure why we needed a new one.

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/m-28-western-ogden-12-6-20...

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Permalink Reply by Anel Pastel on May 17, 2014 at 3:34am

Hector had recently relocated to Cermak and California. He was on his was home from work. Hector was a savvy and conscious human with street smarts. He would have never put his life in danger. hector was not drunk and behind the wheel of a speeding car. Hector could have been any one of us cyclist, pedestrian or even in another car. Let's focus on the real issue and stop questioning Hector. This coming Tuesday May 20th ,is the next court date.

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