Authorities are investigating a newly surfaced video that suggests a woman who hit and killed a man while driving in the Chicago suburb of Zion, Illinois, on Monday night was livestreaming on TikTok at the time of the crash.
The video in question was reportedly taken by a user in Zion, and it shows a woman behind the wheel of a car reacting to a loud thud by saying, “Fuck, fuck, fuck … I just hit somebody.”
According to the Lake and McHenry County Scanner, which first reported on the video, the Zion police department investigations commander, Lt Paul Kehrli, said drugs and alcohol were not suspected of being factors in Monday’s crash, and the driver involved – a 43-year-old woman – remained at the scene to speak with authorities.
Again, not defending her, but what? Just because she was being reckless, doesn’t mean running over a person was intentional. That is why one would get charged with something like manslaughter rather than murder. Or maybe she was saying “I’m about to run this guy over. Watch this.” But that wasn’t in the story.
I’m so sorry but “Now watch this drive.”