Elgin teen charged with being high and causing 2012 fatal crash
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Trucker was under influence of marijuana in fatal Toll Road crash, officials say
SOUTH BEND — A “horrific” crash in June when a semitrailer plowed into a line of slowing and stopped cars on the Indiana Toll Road has now resulted in criminal charges against the driver of the truck. New York native Chasen Thompson, 27, is charged with seven felonies of causing death or serious injury while under the…
Ex-forest preserve worker accused of DUI in deadly on-the-job crash has been jailed
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Family of Rockford 16-year-old killed in car crash asks for community’s help to find DUI suspect
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — The family of an East High School football player that was killed in a car wreck over the summer is calling on the community to help put the man responsible for the crash behind bars. Police said that Dehari Steele was driving under the influence when he crashed into Mason Hada….
Tests Showed Alcohol, THC In Driver Of I-94 Trooper Crash
GREEN OAKS, IL — Dan Davies, the 44-year-old man authorities said was driving the wrong way on I-94, just east of the IL-176 exit when he hit Illinois State Trooper Gerald Ellis head-on March 30, had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system at the time of the crash, NBC 5…
Wisconsin man enters not guilty plea in death of Illinois trooper
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DeKalb woman charged with reckless homicide after fatal DUI pedestrian crash in June
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Wheaton Man Held On $150,000 For Allegedly Striking And Killing Pedestrian, 82
WHEATON, Ill. (STMW) — A west suburban delivery man had cannabis in his system when he struck and killed an elderly woman on the Southwest Side earlier this week, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday. James Rudzinski, 61, allegedly admitted to authorities that he smokes marijuana everyday and did the night before he hit an elderly pedestrian…
Aurora man sentenced to four years in fatal crash
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DUI charges filed against woman in crash that killed 70-year-old man in Westmont
Blue Island woman had bail set at $500,000 in a crash that killed a 70-year-old man Sunday morning in Westmont. Alyz Segura, 27, was driving a Ford Explorer west on Chicago Avenue when she crossed the double yellow line and crashed head-on into a Mercury sedan driven by Robert Strobl, according to a statement by…
Princeville woman sentenced to prison for fatal DUI accident in 2019
PEORIA — A 40-year-old Princeville woman was sentenced to six years and six months in prison on Friday in connection with a fatal crash in which she was under the influence of drugs. Lisa M. Gillam pleaded guilty in June in Peoria County Circuit Court to aggravated DUI in return for a 10-year cap on any…
Man charged in deadly DUI crash
A 23-year-old man has been charged in a deadly DUI crash he allegedly caused last spring after exiting the Eisenhower Expressway. Antonio Ruiz was driving east in a red truck on April 11 when he got off Interstate 290 at the Austin Boulevard exit, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. He then allegedly started going the…