Driver Gets $1,500 Fine, Community Service in Crash that Disabled Downers Grove Teen
Parents of 14-year-old Hunter Himes say he won't recover from injuries sustained in February, when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle home from a friend's house.
It's been nine months since 14-year-old Hunter Himes was struck by a car while riding his bike in Darien, and for the first time, his family is feeling some sense of closure. Hunter, who would have been a freshman at Downers Grove South this fall, was left in a persistent vegetative state from brain injuries suffered in the accident. His parents, Mark and Terra Ihde, put him on hospice this week after learning he would not recover. For the past several months, the Ihdes have been attending court hearings for the driver in the crash, Timothy J. Hagan, who pleaded not guilty to failing to yield to a pedestrian. The Ihdes were joined Thursday by several family members at the DuPage County Field Court in Downers Grove for Hagan's long-awaited…
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Tom O.
12:48 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Hunter's parents have to sue Hagan to get the money to pay the medical bills. It shouldn't even be debated. Even if Hagan were the nicest guy in the world and apologized a million times over, he's still responsible for this accident and really has to pay as much of the bill as possible and then some. Hunter's family shouldn't be absorbing all of that cost on their own. more ›