Kane County prosecutors say the Elgin teen behind the wheel in a Bartlett crash that killed her sister and another South Elgin High School student did not have a valid license and was driving under the influence of drugs.
Aanomeya Jacquline D. Henry, 17, of the 900 block of Cookane Avenue, was indicted by a Kane County jury on felony charges of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs, reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving.
The crash occurred the morning of Aug. 31 when Henry, who was driving three fellow students to school, turned left from northbound Route 25 on to Kenyon Road in front of an oncoming dump truck, a news release from the State’s Attorney’s Office and the Bartlett Police Department said.
The truck struck the passenger side of the 2002 Honda Civic and pushed it into a cornfield, reports said. Henry’s 16-year-old sister, Tahlulay, and 17-year-old Kamorra Campbell, of Bartlett, were killed and the third passenger badly injured.
The dump truck, a semi-tractor trailer hauling sand, flipped onto its side, the report said. Its driver was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital.
Henry is being prosecuted as an adult per the Illinois Vehicle Code, the news release said. She was arrested by Bartlett police on a warrant following the indictment.
Kane County Judge Salvatore LoPiccolo did not order that Henry be held in the county jail but set several conditions for her release.
Among them, she is under curfew from 10 p.m. to 10 a.m.; cannot leave the state without court permission; is prohibited from using any intoxicating substances, including cannabis and alcohol; and must submit to random drug and alcohol tests, the release said.
She also is prohibited from any contact with the surviving victim and cannot drive without a license.
Henry’s next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 26.