ISP: Man sleeping in his car woken by IDOT employee, hits the worker and flees the scene

CHICAGO (WTVO) — Illinois State Police arrested Angel Martinez, 25, for allegedly hitting an IDOT employee and fleeing the scene.

On May 11th, around 5:47 a.m., ISP was notified of a hit-and-run traffic crash that occurred on I-90 southbound at the Hubbard Street cave in Chicago. Police said a vehicle was stopped in lane four and an IDOT employee responded and attempted to wake up the driver.

The driver immediately fled the scene and in the process struck the IDOT employee, according to authorities. The employee was injured and taken to an area hospital.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as Martinez and after extensive investigation, he was taken into custody on May 14th.

Martinez is being charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery against an emergency management worker and failure to report an injury crash.

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