Charges Pending Against Plainfield Man in Fatal Drag Racing Crash

Charges are pending against a 20-year-old Plainfield man and a 16-year-old Aurora boy who were involved in a fatal drag racing crash.

Charles D. Siebel Jr, 49, of the 2400 block of Biltmore Circle in Aurora, was pronounced dead at around 3 a.m. Monday morning at Rush-Copley Medical Center. He had been hospitalized since the Dec. 4 crash. Siebel’s 15-year-old daughter was also in the car at the time of the crash and suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

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Police say Siebel was driving a 2004 Toyota Highlander eastbound on Shenandoah at 10:15 p.m. when he stopped at a stop sign at Eola Road. Siebel attempted to turn northbound onto Eola when he was hit by a 2011 Dodge Charger that was traveling southbound on Eola at an extremely high rate of speed.

The driver of the vehicle, a 16-year-old Aurora resident was allegedly drag racing with a 20-year-old Plainfield man who was driving a 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix. The Plainfield man, who was just south of the other two vehicles at the time of crash, hit the center median on Eola and ended up in the northbound lanes.

Both Siebel and his daughter had to be extricated from the vehicle. The Aurora teen suffered minor injuries and the Plainfield man refused treatment.

Eola Road between Shiloh and Shenandoah Drives was closed until around 5:30 a.m. Dec. 5.

Aurora Police Traffic Investigators are working with the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office.

State’s Attorney’s Office Spokesman Charles Pelkie said he could not comment on when charges might be finalized.