CHICAGO — A motorcyclist was wearing a helmet camera as he sped around traffic and struck a pedestrian at 73 mph on the Northwest Side, prosecutors said. The crash killed 26-year-old Camryn Green and left the motorcyclist, Jonathan Jaimes, 20, badly injured.
Jaimes’ helmet camera allegedly showed he also rode faster than 150 mph on the Kennedy Expressway in the moments leading up to the collision.
Shortly after 3 p.m. last Friday, March 14, drivers heading in both directions stopped to let Green cross the street in the 6500 block of West Higgins, not far from her home. Prosecutor Mike Pekara said Jaimes sped southeast along the yellow center line, passing the cars that stopped to allow Green to cross. One of those drivers later told police they heard the motorcyclist rev the bike’s engine as he roared toward the intersection and collided with Green…