Traffic-Related Deaths

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A high school senior was killed just weeks before graduation when a suspected drunk driver, speeding at over 120 mph, split his car into two during a crash in a Chicago suburb. Marko Niketic, 17, was driving with his 16-year-old girlfriend in Glenview, IL when a sports car struck their vehicle at an intersection just…

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Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for an 18-year-old from Elgin involved in a fatal rollover crash in September 2012. Shannon Hill, whose last known address is in the 0-99 block of Poplar Creek Drive, is accused of being high on marijuana and going at least 40 mph over the speed limit when he crashed…

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An 18-year-old man is facing several charges, including DUI, in connection with the Route 12 crash in Wauconda that killed a 16-year-old McHenry West High School student in March. Caleb R. Rohrbach, 18, of the 300 block of Wooded Knoll Drive in Cary, was charged with three counts of aggravated driving under the influence of…

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….

June 24, 2011 (PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill.) The 17-year-old was charged as a juvenile with criminal trespass to motor vehicle then released into the custody of his father. The teen was a passenger in the vehicle that police say was stolen. Three teens died when the car crashed into a tree. The surviving teen told police…

The 15-year-old who was operating the vehicle that was involved in the crash that killed 14-year-old Kayleigh Dalrymple was allegedly under the influence of cannabis when the wreck occurred, according to the Marshall County state’s attorney. The juvenile driver, who does not possess a driver’s license, has been charged with reckless homicide, aggravated reckless driving and aggravated…

PEORIA — A woman accused of causing a fatal collision with a boy on his bike and then driving off was indicted Tuesday for allegedly being under the influence of cocaine at the time. Karrie Brunswig, 43, now faces the count of aggravated driving under the influence. It alleges she had cocaine in her body when her…

A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed against a man accused of driving intoxicated and killing a 9-year-old girl in Aurora last October. John Jonak, the father of Katelyn Jonak, of Aurora, filed the lawsuit in Kane County against Anthony S. Potochney, 25, of the 900 block of North Avenue, Aurora, according to court records. Jonak…