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Waukegan crash: 2 charged in hit-and-run that killed 17-year-old Jorge Carmona on bicycle near Belvidere Road, Fulton Avenue
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Waukegan crash: 2 charged in hit-and-run that killed 17-year-old Jorge Carmona on bicycle near Belvidere Road, Fulton Avenue

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) — Two drivers have been charged in a crash that killed a teenage bicyclist in the north suburbs earlier this month, Waukegan police said Wednesday.

Jose Ramirez, 34, of Waukegan was arrested in Kenosha last week for reckless homicide and leaving the scene of an accident with injuries.

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Ramirez is being held at the Kenosha County Jail pending extradition to Illinois.

Monica Valladolid, 44, of Vernon Hills, appeared in court Monday on an arrest warrant for leaving the scene of an accident with injury.

She was released pending her next court date.

Shortly before 12:45 a.m. on Nov. 10, Waukegan police responded to the intersection of Belvidere Road and Fulton Avenue for a reported accident.

There they found the 17-year-old boy, who had injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle.

It is in the westbound traffic lanes.

Police also found a bicycle in the area.

The The Waukegan boy is dead on stage.

He was later identified as Jorge Carmona by the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

Police later determined that the teenager was struck by a vehicle while on his bicycle and then struck by a second vehicle on the roadway.

Both vehicles left after the accident.

A vehicle was located Nov. 13 in Waukegan, and a passenger confirmed the crash, police said.

The second vehicle was found in Vernon Hills on Nov. 14, and the driver admitted to hitting something with the vehicle, police said.

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