Driver sentenced in deadly Uptown hit-and-run crash that killed Chicago mother in 2023

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A driver has been sentenced to less than a decade for the hit-and-run crash that killed a Chicago mother in 2023.

Ricky Hernandez pleaded guilty on Wednesday to one count of failure to report a deadly crash. He was arrested last January.

On July 25, 2023, Soyfa Athamanah, 69, was steps away from home around 10:35 p.m. when she was hit in the 5100-block of North Broadway Avenue in the city's Uptown neighborhood, her family said.

Investigators said Hernandez was driving a black 2017 Honda Civic.

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He was sentenced to six years at the Illinois Department of Corrections on Wednesday.

Hernandez will be given credit for the 351 days he has already served.

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