Prosecutors said a 96-year-old Cordia Senior Living resident died of hypothermia after being left on a nursing home bus overnight back in February.
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Bert Mongreig, 63, of Westmont and Navdeep Dhall, 43, of Bolingbrook are facing criminal neglect charges.
DuPage County officials said the woman had been taken to a local hospital on Feb. 2 and returned about 3 p.m. that day. Mongreig, who was the bus driver, reportedly failed to make sure the woman, who used a wheelchair, was off the bus before parking it.
When Dhall was notified that the woman was missing that night, he didn't make any effort to find her, officials said.
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Temperatures fell as low as 22 degrees overnight, officials said.
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Other staff members found her deceased the next morning.
The pair appeared at a bond hearing Thursday, where bond was set at $50,000.
They were both arrested this week at their homes without incident, DuPage County officials said.
Mongreig is next due in court July 23 and Dhall July 26.