An alleged drunken drivers who was speeding at over 120 miles killed an Illinois teenager only weeks before his high school graduation, according to police.
According to documents obtained by NBC Chicago, Taeyoung Kim, 21, has been accused of killing 17-year-old Marko Niketic and injuring his 16-year-old girl.  ,
The high school were at an crossing in the Chicago suburb when Kim’s 2021 Ford Mustang struck their vehicle simply after 11: 00 p. m., the outlet reported.
Niketic’s vehicle was” split in half” by the effects from Kim’s sportscar, which was also carrying another rider, according to ABC 7 Chicago.  ,
” As Niketic began turning, Kim’s automobile approached the crossing at an enormous rate of speed, still with the lamps off”, authorities said. ” Only as Kim was entering the crossing, the lamps turned up on as Kim’s car crashed into Niketic’s car”.
After seeing the crash, witnesses close to it called 911, but Niketic now appeared to be dead inside his car.  ,
Niketic’s girl, who has not been formally named, was hospitalized with injuries including a subarachnoid hemorrhage, lesion of the head, a bone of the hip vertebrae, and head damage, court documents said.  ,
She was released from the hospital on Friday, NBC Chicago reported.
According to documents obtained by the store, Kim was allegedly seen in the Mustang’s driver’s chair and that he had “admitted he had been drinking.”
A rear bone and a severed artery were also sustained by the rider with Kim.
Kim himself managed to leave with a torn knee. According to reports, he had a blood alcohol content of.088 and hemp in his system at the time of his blood test.  ,
The alleged reckless driver was accused of two counts of aggravated DUI causing dying, reckless homicide, aggravated DUI causing great bodily injury, DUI of drinking, DUI of drugs, and some visitors violations, including speeding 35 miles over the limit.
According to the New York Post, he is being held without bail and scheduled to appear in court again on May 24.
At a memorial service at the accident site on June 2, Niketic’s friends and family mourned him.  ,
A pomen, or a memorial company, is being held at the page of the accident that claimed the life of 17- year- ancient Glenbrook South HS top Marko Niketic. Friends say he loved soccer, cars, and playing golf. They remember him as kind, funny, and loving. @WGNNews pic. twitter.com/qQiBpv9JKP
— Courtney Spinelli (@CourtSpinelliTV ) May 16, 2024
” He’s one of those people, you meet him, and he’s glowing. The most genuine human ever”, one of his friends said to NBC Chicago. He “had a lot of things ahead of him.” I ca n’t really process it”.
