Aggravated DUI
Lawsuit Settled In Alleged ‘Huffing’ Crash That Killed 5-Year-Old Girl
A civil lawsuit filed in connection with the death of a 5-year-old girl last Labor Day, caused by a Highland Park teenager who was allegedly “huffing” a cleaning product beforehand, has been settled ahead of the teen’s criminal trial.
Prosecutors: Man Was High On Heroin When He Struck, Killed 11-Year-Old Boy
A west suburban man has been charged with being under the influence of heroin when the car he was driving plowed into the rear of a second car, killing an 11-year-old boy in February.
Man Charged With DUI, Reckless Homicide In Crash With Squad Car
A Joliet man was charged with vehicular homicide after he drunkenly collided with a Chicago police cruiser Friday night — killing a passenger in his car while wounding himself, another occupant in the vehicle and two police officers.
Man Sentenced To 10 Years For Fatal Drunken Hit-And-Run
A 70-year-old Far South Side man whose blood alcohol level was “extremely high” when he fatally struck a woman on the South Side in a 2011 hit-and-run is going to prison.
Driver Charged With DUI In Lake Shore Drive Crash
A 32-year-old man has been charged with felony drunk driving, after his SUV slammed into a minivan late Sunday night, critically injuring the woman driving the van.
Man Convicted Of DUI In Crash That Killed Lombard Biker
Michael Moreno was involved in a road rage incident with another vehicle. Following the incident, he chased the other vehicle, then crashed into Gerald Puglise’s motorcycle, killing Puglise.
Motorist Charged With DUI In Fatal Crash Near O’Hare
A southwest suburban woman was charged with aggravated DUI after a man was killed early Saturday when he was struck by a car as he walked on the Far Northwest Side near O’Hare Airport.
New DUI Charge For Man Convicted Of Killing 4 In Drunken Crash
A parolee who spent nearly 12 years in prison for triggering a horrific drunken-driving crash that killed a McHenry County mother and her three children is facing new DUI charges.
Driver Charged With DUI After Running Over, Killing Man
A West Side man was charged with reckless homicide and DUI, after driving his vehicle into a group of pedestrians, fatally striking a man early Saturday in the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
Teen Pleads Not Guilty In Crash That Killed 5-Year-Old Girl
A Highland Park teen pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges she huffed a cleaning product before her car slammed into a family on Labor Day, killing a 5-year-old girl.
Teen Indicted For DUI, Reckless Homicide In Crash That Killed 5-Year-Old
The young woman accused of running over and killing a 5-year-old girl in Highland Park on Labor Day has been indicted for reckless homicide and driving under the influence.
Burbank Man Charged In Fatal Southwest Side Crash
Jesus Luna, 51, of Burbank was charged with aggravated DUI for hitting Judith Bramwell, 56.
Bartlett Boater Indicted In Petite Lake Fatal
A Lake County grand jury approved reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges Wednesday for the Bartlett man accused of being high on cocaine and under the influence of alcohol when he allegedly ran over a 10-year-old boy with his boat.
Off-Duty Sheriff’s Deputy Charged In Fatal Franklin Park Crash
An off-duty Cook County Sheriff’s deputy was charged Tuesday with aggravated DUI for a fatal crash early Sunday in west suburban Franklin Park.
Woman Arrested For Fatal 2011 Rollover Crash
A 24-year-old Cicero woman has been arrested and charged with DUI and reckless homicide in connection to a fatal rollover crash that occurred in west suburban Riverside last December.
Man Charged With Drunk Driving In Crash That Killed 2 Kids
A 36-year-old man has been charged with drunk driving for a crash that killed two children over the weekend in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty Again, 13 Years After Girl’s Death
The man responsible for killing a 10-year-old girl in a 1999 drunken-driving crash admitted Monday he drove under the influence again in 2010.
$400K Bond For DUI Driver In Fatal Crash With Bus, Beer Truck
Bond was set at $400,000 on Wednesday for a Blue Island man charged with DUI in a fatal chain-reaction crash with a CTA bus and a beer truck Monday afternoon.
$1M Bond In DUI Crash That Killed Passenger, Hurt Trooper
A Chicago man charged with DUI after allegedly crashing into a parked State Police car, killing a civilian keeping warm inside after a crash, was ordered held on $1 million Sunday in DuPage County.
Driver Charged For Crash That Killed A Man, Injured State Trooper
Officials filed charges against a motorist accused of killing a man and hurting an Illinois State Police trooper Saturday in a wreck on the Eisenhower Expressway in west suburban Addison.
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