Northbrook Woman Faces Charges in Highland Park Hit-and-Run

A 73-year-old Northbrook woman was arrested last week and charged in a hit-and-run in Highland Park that has left a 77-year-old woman hospitalized with "a long road to recover," according to the Highland Park Police Department.

Police responded to the intersection of Sheridan Road and Elm Place at around 9 p.m. on May 2 after receiving a report of a traffic crash. The investigation indicated that a vehicle traveling southbound struck the pedestrian as she was crossing Sheridan Road. The driver fled the scene, according to Highland Park Police.

The following day, investigators used recovered parts of the car to glean information that led them to a body shop in Northbrook.

"We used the car parts to try and determine make and model and year of the car," explained George Pfutzenreuter, Highland Park Police Deputy Chief of Support Services.

Police found the car at the body shop, and then found the driver at a rental car facility nearby.

"She came in voluntarily and spoke with us for quite some time," Pfutzenreuter said. "We then contacted the states attorney's office to approve the charges."

Lynne Davis, of the 1000 block of Lonaker Lane in Northbrook, was charged with two counts of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and failure to yield right of way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

Pfutzenreuter explained that if Davis had not brought her car in for repairs, the investigation could still be going on.

"If she didn't repair the car it would have been more difficult to find it," he said. "These parts were a huge part of our investigation."

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