CHICAGO — The drunk driver who killed a 67-year-old bicyclist in Garfield Ridge has two previous DUI convictions, prosecutors say. Michael Kelly, 33, was detained as a safety risk by Judge Shauna Boliker to await trial on a charge of aggravated DUI causing death.

The crash occurred just over a year ago, on June 24, 2023, at 57th and Natchez, about a block from Kelly’s home, officials said. Kelly, 33, was making a left turn in his Nissan Frontier pickup when he allegedly struck bicyclist Jozef Strus.

A police report described Kelly as “cooperative,” saying he voluntarily submitted to blood and urine tests. Tests by the Illinois State Police determined that Kelly had a blood alcohol concentration of between .129 and .182 at the time of the crash, “well over” the .08 legal limit, police said in his arrest report. Prosecutors claimed in a detention petition that he also had Delta-9 THC in his system.

Kelly turned himself in to the police this week.

According to an online obituary, Strus was married and had three adult children.

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