Hit-and-run driver badly injured pedstrian, then searched online for ‘how to stash a Jaguar,’ prosecutors say

A 32-year-old man accused of badly injuring a pedestrian while fleeing police in a car searched the internet afterward for advice on “how to stash a Jaguar,” prosecutors said in court.

Antonio Jackson allegedly ran a red light at 83rd Street and Lafayette Avenue and struck a man at high speed while being pursued by an Illinois State Police trooper on the city’s South Side around 5 p.m. on February 2.

According to a detention filing, the victim was walking eastbound on 83rd Street when Jackson barreled through the red light in his white Jaguar sedan, launching the pedestrian into the air and across the intersection. He landed near the curb, motionless…

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