Woman dies after motorcycle hits her going more than 70 mph on Higgins on the Northwest Side

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI

A woman was fatally injured after being struck by a motorcycle that was speeding at more than 70 mph at about 3:10 p.m. Friday, March 14, near Higgins and Neenah avenues, according to the Chicago Police Department Office of News Affairs and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.

A white van and a Toyota SUV stopped at the intersection to let the 26-year-old woman cross Higgins from south to north at Neenah when a man speeding on a Yamaha motorcycle struck her as he overtook the stopped vehicles, according to the state’s attorney’s office.

According to a court proffer, the motorcycle rider sped past several vehicles that were stopped and struck the woman, who flew through the air and landed on the ground in the southeast lane of traffic.

The motorcycle rider kept driving southeast and struck a Toyota RAV4. The 26-year-old woman was transported to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and was later pronounced deceased due to severe head injuries.

The woman was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Camryn Ayline Green, age 26, of the 5200 block of North Neenah Avenue.

Visitation will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave.

She was a substitute special education classroom assistant at Taft High School and other area schools.

Responding officers recovered the man’s helmet that had a video camera attached and investigators found that the man was “driving in a reckless manner before the crash, including traveling at speeds in excess of 150 mph on I-90 in the minutes before the crash. In the moments leading up to the crash, the video captures the defendant’s motorcycle reaching speeds of up to 78 mph in a 30-mph zone just seconds before the crash,” the proffer said. The speedometer speedometer indicated 78 mph, and then 73 mph at impact, according to documents

The suspect was identified by police as Jonathan Anthony Jaimes, age 20, of the 4900 block of North Keystone Avenue. He was charged with reckless homicide/motor vehicle, police said.

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