Man Accused In Hit & Run Death Not Wearing Glasses: Prosecutors

OSWEGO, IL — An Aurora man with a revoked driver's license accused of fatally striking softball coach Amanda Stanton and leaving the scene also wasn't wearing required eye glasses at the time of the crash, prosecutors allege. Nehemiah Williams, 38, is accused of hitting Stanton as she was walking in unincorporated Oswego late Saturday night, June 23, or early Sunday, June 24, and leaving her at the scene.

Stanton's body was found the next afternoon. She had reportedly attended a wedding at a nearby venue before the fatal crash.

Stanton, of Lockport, served as the head varsity softball coach at Oswego High School.

In her honor, a scholarship has been created, to be awarded to an Oswego High School senior softball player each spring, the school announced. The recipient will be someone who "demonstrates outstanding character and leadership on and off the field." According to her obituary, Stanton was also a strategic math specialist at Jefferson Junior High School in Naperville, a 2014 graduate of Eastern Michigan University and a 2010 graduate of Lockport High School.

Williams is charged with reckless homicide, leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving death and operating a motor vehicle with a revoked driver's license.

Now, prosecutors allege he was operating “a motor vehicle on a dark and unfamiliar road at night without wearing required corrective eyeglasses,” according to the Chicago Tribune.

Williams turned himself in to police on June 27 after authorities said they had located the vehicle they believed was involved in the crash. He was previously convicted of driving on a suspended license in 2015 and not having a valid driver's license in 2017.

Currently, Williams' bond is set at $1 million. His attorney has asked that his bond be lowered to $50,000, as he is "not a flight risk" and his family has raised $5,000 to free him, according to the Tribune.

A hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday.

Photo of Nehemiah Williams via Kendall County Sheriff's Office