{"id":671438,"date":"2026-03-21T12:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/671438\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:06:19","slug":"chicago-crash-mixed-verdict-for-renato-salazar-charged-in-montclare-hit-and-run-on-fullerton-that-hurt-4-pedestrians-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/671438\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago crash: Mixed verdict for Renato Salazar, charged in Montclare hit-and-run on Fullerton that hurt 4 pedestrians in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WLS logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/origin-wls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 20, 2026 8:51PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Man charged after 4 critically injured in NW Side hit-and-run\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; There was a mixed verdict Thursday for a man accused of<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/pedestrians-struck-hit-by-vehicle-chicago-crash-fire-department\/12220084\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> hitting four people<\/a> with an SUV on the city&#8217;s Northwest Side in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A judge found Renato Salazar guilty of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving personal injuries. He was found <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/chicago-crime-crimes-pedestrians-struck-hit-by-vehicle\/13214942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not guilty of <\/a>attempted murder, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery\/use of a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Salazar got into an argument with a group in the 6500-block of West Fullerton Avenue in Montclare on Sept. 10, 2022, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They were seriously injured after Salazar hit them and drove away, officials previously said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Salazar was arrested months later in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">He&#8217;s due back in court May 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The video in the player above is from an earlier report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><strong class=\"vtkaO \">INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER  <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/feature\/tracking-crime-and-safety-in-your-neighborhood\/12385906\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Track crime and safety in your neighborhood<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Friday, March 20, 2026 8:51PM CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; There was a mixed verdict Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":671439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[283393,283392,960,121273,5461,283390,11222,46098,5462,5464,4903,5417,283391,5386,1818,160463],"class_list":{"0":"post-671438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-283393","9":"tag-bricktown-square-shopping-mall","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-crash","12":"tag-chicago-crime","13":"tag-chicago-crimes","14":"tag-chicago-fire","15":"tag-chicago-fire-department","16":"tag-chicago-news","17":"tag-chicago-police","18":"tag-crash","19":"tag-hit-and-run","20":"tag-hit-by-vehicle","21":"tag-il","22":"tag-illinois","23":"tag-pedestrians-struck"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116267082603158998","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}