Tnia Griffin is charged with driving drunk in a crash where a pedestrian fell off an overpass and died. (Credit: Cook County Sheriff’s Police)
DOLTON, Ill. (CBS) — A south suburban woman is facing drunken driving charges, after police say she slammed into a pedestrian so hard that the victim as knocked off an overpass.
Around 5:55 a.m. this past Sunday someone called Dixmoor police to report that the driver of a minivan had struck a pedestrian in the 300 block of East Sibley Boulevard and knocked her off an overpass, Dolton spokeswoman Taquoya Kennedy said.
The Dixmoor Police Department called Dolton police, who arrived in five minutes and found the woman dead on the scene, Kennedy said. Initially listed as a Jane Doe, the woman was identified by police as 39-year-old Dolton resident Kosetta Ratliff.
The motorist — Tnia Griffin, 32 — did not stop, Kennedy said. Police located her about 30 minutes later near Interstate 80/294 and Torrence Avenue near Lansing. She was charged with one count of aggravated DUI causing death and is being held on $500,000 bond.
A Monday autopsy confirmed Ratliff died of multiple injuries from a minivan striking a pedestrian and the death was ruled an accident, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
19 Comments
NASTY LOOKING WIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 18, 2012 at 12:33 pm
“The Dixmoor Police Department called Dolton police, who arrived in five minutes” What happened to the 4 new squad cars taxpayers purchased for Dolton? 5 minutes? Other side of town eating donuts and drinking coffee?
January 18, 2012 at 1:01 pm
She looks devastated
January 18, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Onyango Obama, an illegal immigrant, briefly appeared in Framingham District Court on Thursday
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January 18, 2012 at 1:22 pm
That’s what Michelle Obama will look like after her bum hubby leaves office!
January 18, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Thank you
January 18, 2012 at 3:55 pm
I growed up on Magilla Gorilla he be like a member of my family. I takes it as a compliment.
January 18, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Oh look, now I be talking dat s#!t. I gets so mad sometimes when y’all be makin fun of Magilla. I never knowed my Daddy but I sure knowed Magilla.
January 18, 2012 at 10:07 pm
Tnia????? Her Momma couldn’t spell Tina?
N.M.N.
January 18, 2012 at 3:59 pm
EXACTLY!!!! LOL !!!! Great WHITE minds think alike Leroy!!!!!
January 18, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Ruled an accident? Since when is drunk driving an accident?
January 18, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Exactly. & the victim lost her life because this woman couldn’t stay off the road after having her booz. She oughta be charged for manslaughter. & no, her mugshot shows no remorse.
January 18, 2012 at 9:39 pm
SHE WAS PROBABLY IN A HURRY ,BECAUSE SHE HAD ANOTHER DATE AT A MOTEL !!
January 19, 2012 at 9:49 pm
Venus has really let herself go.
January 18, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Nice head, NOT.
January 18, 2012 at 6:20 pm
Can you see monkey man?
January 18, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Where are you monkey man? Where are you NWA? NWA you my monkey man.
January 18, 2012 at 10:04 pm
Anglo-Saxon, I have read your black racist @hit for months too. There is one thing about that damn white man. They can dish it out but they can not take it. You people think all blacks are like they were in the south years ago. Scared. Scared to speak up, scared to look up, scared of what the white man may say or think. fu@@ the white man and the mule he road in on. (with his cheeta loving azz.)
Scared
January 18, 2012 at 7:39 pm
Monkeys these days arent’t the same as they were in the south years ago, thats true you been let go for to long but that don’t mean it can’t be fixed you just remember that ni gg er!
N.M.N.
January 18, 2012 at 9:15 pm