Records reveal new details on hit-and-run as Illinois State Police co…

More than two years after a deadly hit-and-run, Illinois State Police are still withholding records related to a pursuit that preceded the crash, now defying a judge’s order to produce the materials after NBC 5 Investigates sued the agency for violating the state’s Freedom of Information Act.

Selina Taylor and her family were coming home from a Juneteenth celebration in 2021 when their car was hit by a speeding Chevy Malibu that ran the red at Pershing and State Street. The driver fled on foot, leaving the Malibu behind.  

Selina and her 3-month-old son Sebastian Junior were killed. Her partner Sebastian Taylor and their then-12-year-old son David were severely injured.

“I’m just tired. Stressed out. Mad, angry. And it feel like ain’t nobody doing nothing about it,” said Selina’s mother Sherry Taylor.

“Somebody needs to pay for this,” she continued, through tears. “I can’t take it.”

Sebastian Taylor said for months, police wouldn’t…