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 in the 6300 block of North Narragansett Avenue Thursday afternoon, the Sun-Times is reporting.
Bronislawa Zajac, 82, was walking across the street when the delivery truck Rudzinski was driving struck her as it was turning left at the intersection, police said.
A drug test allegedly revealed Rudzinski had cannabis in his system at the time of the crash.