$500,000 bail for man charged with DUI, reckless homicide in fatal Oak Forest crash

An Oak Forest man is facing charges after allegedly driving drunk and causing a fatal crash involving five vehicles over the weekend in the south suburb.

Robert Aguilar Jr., 44, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide in the death of 46-year-old Dominic Bellamy-Palma, Oak Forest police said in a statement.

A Cook County judge ordered Aguilar held on $500,000 bail, according to county records.

Oak Forest police

About 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1, Aguilar was allegedly driving southbound on Cicero Avenue when he crashed into the rear of a vehicle stopped at a red light at 159th Street, according to Oak Forest police chief Tim Kristen.

A total of five vehicles were involved in the chain-reaction crash, Kristen said.

Bellamy-Palma, who was in vehicle Aguilar crashed into, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead within an hour of the crash, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He lived in south suburban Manhattan.

Seven other people, including Aguilar, were taken to hospitals with injuries, police said. Their conditions were unknown, Kristen said.

Aguilar, who lives in Oak Forest, is due in court again Nov. 27 in Bridgeview, according to county records.