GARFIELD RIDGE — Charges have been filed in a hit-and-run that left a woman dead and a man injured Saturday, police said.
About 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Patrick J. Brazel, 27, struck 42-year-old Guadalupe Chavez and a 39-year-old man as they crossed the street in the 5500 block of South Archer Avenue, police said.
Brazel drove off, police said, but he was pulled over and arrested in the 5800 block of South Rutherford Avenue.
Chavez, of the 5600 block of West Pershing in Cicero, was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m. of multiple injuries from the accident, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
The man was brought to MacNeal Hospital, where he was treated and released.
Brazel, of the 5800 block of South Neva Avenue, is facing four felony charges and one misdemeanor charge, including reckless homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Chavez's family is asking for donations to help bury her, saying the days since her death have been a "living nightmare."
Chavez, a nurse, had just become a grandmother before the accident. She was also raising her 14-year-old daughter, her family wrote on GoFundMe.
Chavez was an "an excellent mother, full of positive energy, and [she] always wanted to see people with a smile," her family said. She "dodged obstacles day by day and still stayed strong and shined like a sun."
The family has raised more than $3,600 so far through GoFundMe for Chavez's funeral.
"We wish this didn't happen, but it did, and now all we can do is show her respect and give her a beautiful funeral that she deserves," her family said.
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