Personal Injury Law

Chicago, Illinois Woman Arrested for Leaving Accident Scene

By Kris Briggs

A Chicago, Illinois woman disobeyed a stop sign at Tompkins and West streets and struck another vehicle on Thursday, January 8, 2009, and then left the scene. Sheryl A. Toliver, 34, of Chicago, exited the vehicle, made sure everyone at the scene was okay and then disappeared. The vehicle Tolliver struck was driven by Ashley A. Horton, 16, also of Chicago.

Witnesses report Toliver checking with Horton and Horton?s passengers to make sure everyone was okay and then leaving. A 15-year-old passenger in Horton?s vehicle was transported to OSF St. Mary Medical Center with a stiff neck.

Toliver?s car was later found at Main and Academy streets. She told police that she did stop at the stop sign, and when she spoke with the occupants of the other car, she requested that they not call authorities. Subsequently, Toliver was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident with injuries, disobeying a stop sign and operating an uninsured vehicle.

Car Accidents in Chicago

Some accidents are caused by negligence on the part of another person, intentional or not. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

Chicago woman arrested for leaving accident scene, The Register-Mail, January 9, 2009

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Law Blog on January 10, 2009 (boomark / email).