Girl Seriously Injured In Hit and Run Released from Hospital

VALLEY VIEW, IL — The 7-year-old girl who was seriously injured by a hit and run driver in Valley View is back home after four days in the hospital. The Kane County Sheriff’s Office shared a photo of a deputy with Lexi Hanson on it’s Facebook page Thursday afternoon with this message: “We are so happy to report our sweet Lexi from the Valley View hit and run is back home, already!”

Hanson was airlifted to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge following the hit and run on Mother’s Day.

She suffered several broken bones, a spinal injury, abrasions and mental scarring, her aunt wrote on a GoFundMe page, which was set up to help cover Lexi’s medical costs.

The alleged driver in the crash, Brian Quartuccio, 42, initially fled the scene of the crash, which happened near Geneva and Courier avenues at about 1:05 p.m. on Sunday. He turned himself into authorities a day later.

Quartuccio is charged with leaving the scene/failure to report death or injury, two counts of driving while license revoked, operating uninsured motor vehicle and failure to reduce speed to avoid accident. He remained in custody Thursday on a $500,000 bail.

Hanson’s condition improved significantly in recent days, her aunt, Jessica Hanson, wrote on the GoFundMe page.

“After getting her chest tube and IV out yesterday her progression has amazed us,” she wrote Wednesday evening. “She's up walking around on her own, eating, and laughing best of all! She has lots of healing to do at home with two broken ribs, her lungs are still healing, bumps and bruises, and we're following up at their concussion clinic as an outpatient - all in all, we are so so blessed and grateful.”

As of Thursday evening, over $22,000 has been raised through the GoFundMe.

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