Bond was set at $300,000 Saturday for a 20-year-old motorcyclist charged with running a red light and fatally striking Katrin Kutscheidt, who was crossing Lake Shore Drive on Monday night near Grant Park.
Charles Lyons | Chicago Police
Charles Lyons, of the 9400 block of South Spaulding in Evergreen Park, faces felony counts of reckless homicide with a motor vehicle, and aggravated reckless driving resulting in bodily harm, according to Chicago Police.
About 10:25 p.m. Monday, Lyons rode between stopped cars in the 700 block of South Lake Shore Drive and struck a man and woman as they were crossing the street, police said.
The woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified her as the 25-year-old Kutscheidt, a resident of Germany.
The 41-year-old man was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital, police said.
Lyons was also injured and was taken in serious condition to Northwestern, police said.
He initially was cited for disobeying a red light, no valid motorcycle classification, no valid driver’s license, no insurance, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, failure to yield to a pedestrian in the roadway, and improper lane usage.
He appeared in court Saturday, where a judge ordered him held on a $300,000 bond, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office. He is scheduled to appear in court again Monday.
--Chicago Sun-Times Wire