The Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — A Rogers Park man has been charged in a June hit-and-run crash that killed a Chicago firefighter, according to police.
Simeon Barrientas, 22, was charged with a felony count of failing to report an accident that resulted in death and a misdemeanor count of driving without a driver’s license, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department.
Barrientas was arrested after he was identified as the driver of a van that struck 43-year-old Lorenzo Douglas as he stood near his parked car in the 6500 block of North Ashland Avenue around 7:30 p.m. on June 12, according to police.
Barrientas also hit three parked cars before fleeing the scene, police said. He lives about half a mile away, in the 1600 block of West Farwell Avenue, police said.
Douglas, who joined the Chicago Fire Department in 2012, was taken in critical condition to Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, police said. He was later transferred to Presence Holy Family Medical Center in Des Plaines, where he died on July 5, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Barrientas was scheduled to appear in Cook County bond court Wednesday.
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