A Woodridge man has received a ten-year prison sentence for killing a Naperville bicyclist while driving drunk, then leaving the scene of the crime, according to a news release from the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office.
Salil Chander, 35, appeared in DuPage County court on Monday morning. He entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill to one count of aggravated DUI resulting in the death of another person. Judge Joseph Bugos delivered the ten-year sentence.
Bicyclist killed after driver veered into wrong side of the road
The incident took place on August 6, 2023, just after 5 p.m. Woodridge police officers got a 9-1-1 call for help from a home on the 4100 block of Nelson Court.
About three minutes later, another call came through, reporting that an individual at the house, later identified as Chander, had gotten in a silver Kia and left…