One pedestrian killed, one pedestrian severely injured, and one other person injured near 3558 N FREMONT ST in Lake View
A pedestrian was killed and another pedestrian was severely injured after a Saturday afternoon hit-and-run collision in Lake View on August 14, 2021 at 12:35 PM. One other person reportedly suffered non-incapacitating injuries.
The crash occurred near 3558 N FREMONT ST, on a one-way road. The posted speed limit was 30 mph. There was a stop sign. The weather was clear and the roadway was dry. The police report attributed the cause of the crash to reckless, careless, or aggressive driving; and, secondarily, to failing to yield right of way.
A 2011 BMW X5 was heading south. The police report described the driver, a 30-year-old man, as disregarding traffic controls/signals. He was uninjured. A 27-year-old male passenger reportedly suffered non-incapacitating injuries; his airbag deployed from the front.
A 24-year-old woman (pedestrian) was in a crosswalk. The police report described her as crossing with the signal and failing to yield; she was killed.
A 28-year-old woman (pedestrian) was in a crosswalk. The police report described her as crossing with the signal and failing to yield; she reportedly suffered incapacitating injuries.
Police were notified at 12:35 PM. This was the 645th injurious crash reported in August 2021, and the 9,719th injurious crash reported in 2021. It was the 80th fatal crash for 2021.
Curated articles about this crash
- 9 years for Sophie Allen's killer is a rare example of consequences for a hit-and-run
Under Illinois law, driver Brett Dimick will probably be required to serve half of his sentence. More actual jail time would send a much stronger message that drivers who kill people and flee will be held accountable.
- Man Who Killed Woman In Wrigleyville Hit-And-Run Fled Another Crash Seconds Before Striking Her, Prosecutors Say
Brett Dimick, of Old Town, faces three felony charges, including reckless homicide and failing to report an accident resulting in death and injury in the Aug. 14 crash. Police and prosecutors said he was driving a gold BMW X3 and ran a stop sign at Addison and Fremont streets, drove up onto the sidewalk of Fremont and hit friends Sophie Allen and Nahiomy Alvarez. Allen, 27, died, and Alvarez was badly injured.
- Sophie Allen Obituary - Cary, NC
Sophie has always been an incredible person: joyful, dynamic, smart, accomplished, outrageously ambitious, and caring just begin to describe her. She was fiercely passionate about everything: friends, family, puppy dogs, soccer, Duke, travel, food, reading, spin cycling, surfing... the list goes on and on. Sophie never met a stranger, and she fully lived every single second of her amazing life with unbelievable energy and joy. She was a natural leader and always left everything on the field.
- Wrigleyville hit-and-run survivor recalls crash that killed best friend, begs driver to come forward
"Part of me is like, what was the last thing that I said to my best friend?" Nahiomy Alvarez said. "I do not think that I will ever remember and that breaks my heart."
Where it happened
3558 N FREMONT ST
- Neighborhood
- Lake View
- Ward
- 44th Ward
- Nearest streets
- N FREMONT ST· W ADDISON ST
- Intersections
- W ADDISON ST & N FREMONT ST
Street view: 41.9472° N, 87.6520° W
4 people and 1 vehicle
Reported Conditions
- Crash type
- PEDESTRIAN
- Primary cause
- OPERATING VEHICLE IN ERRATIC, RECKLESS, CARELESS, NEGLIGENT OR AGGRESSIVE MANNER
- Secondary cause
- FAILING TO YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY
- Weather
- CLEAR
- Lighting
- DAYLIGHT
- Road surface
- DRY
- Road defect
- NO DEFECTS
- Trafficway
- ONE-WAY
- Traffic control
- STOP SIGN/FLASHER
- Speed limit
- 30 MPH
Raw data
View the crash's underlying records: exactly as published by the city, or as transformed for crashstop.org