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Chicago – SUV driver charged with DUI after teen dies in crash | chicagotribune.com

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Karlos Leath

A driver has been charged with DUI after his SUV veered off the road and rolled over near Wheaton, killing an 18-year-old high school student, police said.

The 2003 Ford Explorer was heading south on Shaffner Road near Mack Road around 10:30 p.m. Thursday when it left the road, police said. Police closed Shaffner Road in both directions for five hours overnight.

Stephanie Pickett, a Wheaton Warrenville South High School senior, was taken to Central DuPage Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The driver, Karlos Leath, 31, was injured and also taken to Central DuPage Hospital. Leath, of Warrenville, was charged with two counts of DUI, causing a death, authorities said. He appeared in DuPage bond court this morning where he was ordered held on $1 Million bail.

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Chicago – Man Charged With DUI, Reckless Homicide In Crash With Squad Car | chicago.cbslocal.com

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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.

Alex Reyes, 24, has been charged with reckless homicide, aggravated DUI resulting in death, aggravated DUI resulting in body harm and driving under the influence of alcohol, police said. He was also charged with driving on a suspended license, failing to keep in the lanes, driving in an uninsured motor vehicle, and two counts of damage to public property.

Reyes was driving a car carrying three people when he crashed into the squad car about 11:30 p.m. near Harrison Street and Laramie Avenue in the Austin neighborhood, authorities said.

An 18-year-old man, identified as Anthony Camarillo, of the 1300 block of South 56th Street, was ejected from the wreckage and died at the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

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Alton, Illinois – DUI charges filed in weekend fatal accident | altondailynews.com

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Allen Cordes

Charges have been filed in connection with a fatal accident over the weekend in Alton involving a bicyclist and an alleged drunk driver.  51-year-old Allen H. Cordes (pictured) of the 500 block of Anderson Avenue is charged with two counts of aggravated driving while under the influence causing death.  One count for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, and the other for allegedly driving under the influence of cannabis.

Corded allegedly struck and killed 50-year-old James Stewart of the 1,300 block of Monroe Street in Alton.

read more here > Fatal Accident in Alton | Alton Daily News.

Chicago – Man Charged with DUI After Crash Kills Unborn Baby | nbcchicago.com

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Man Charged with DUI After Crash Kills Unborn Baby

Benjamin Pilar

A judge set bail at $750,000 for a man who allegedly drove drunk and high on cocaine and smashed into another vehicle driven by a woman who was 9 months pregnant and killing the unborn child, police said.

read more here > Man Charged with DUI After Crash Kills Unborn Baby | NBC Chicago.

Pekin, Illinois – Passenger in alleged DUI crash dies; driver still critical | pjstar.com

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A 24-year-old Pekin man died Thursday from injuries sustained in a wreck allegedly caused by a friend’s drunk driving Sunday.

Christopher Shingleton was pronounced dead at 7:28 a.m Thursday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. His death could lead to further charges against the driver of the car in which he was riding, Phillip James of Pekin. James, 23, who has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, remained in critical condition Friday at St. Francis.

James and Shingleton, who lived at separate apartments at 1211 Florence Ave., had been drinking at a late-hours tavern in Peoria before stopping for breakfast Sunday in East Peoria, police said. After that, about 5:30 a.m., they were southbound on Illinois Route 29, which veers slightly to the right south of the Interstate 474 overpass. James continued driving straight in his Chevrolet Aveo, which jumped the median curb and struck a sign support, sending the vehicle spinning into the highway’s northbound lanes, police said.

Investigators found no evidence that James had applied his brakes before the crash. Both men had been wearing seat belts, police said.

After blood tests, James was charged with DUI, plus failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

via Victim in alleged DUI crash dies – News Now – Peoria, IL – pjstar.com.

Chicago: Woman, 21, charged with DUI in fatal O’Hare crash – chicagotribune.com

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Sheryl Perry

A 21-year-old Romeoville woman was drunk when she ran over a man on Mannheim Road near O’Hare International Airport early Saturday morning, killing him, according to authorities.

Sheryl Perry, of the 2000 block of Sutcliffe Drive, is due in bond court today. She’s charged with causing a fatal accident while driving under the influence, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Perry was driving south on Mannheim Road when she swerved from the left lane to avoid an accident and hit 49-year-old Marek Bajson in the right lane, authorities said.

Bajson died at the scene. Perry’s vehicle ran into a parked Volvo, disabling it, and she was then arrested, police said.

She was also cited with hitting the pedestrian, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without insurance and transporting or carrying alcohol.

via Romeoville woman charged with DUI in fatal O’Hare crash – chicagotribune.com.

North Chicago: DUI charges filed against officer in deadly, wrong-way crash | abc7chicago.com

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[file] Photo of Terrell Garrett.

Terrell Garrett

A North Chicago police officer is charged with DUI and reckless homicide in a fatal crash that tied up traffic on Lake Shore Drive for hours.

Terrell Garrett faces two counts of aggravated driving under the influence and two counts of reckless homicide, according to Sally Daly, spokeswoman at the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. Charges were filed on Saturday afternoon.

Garrett allegedly drove the wrong way on Lake Shore Drive, striking two cars head on in the southbound lane near LaSalle around 4 a.m. Friday morning. Two people — Fabian Torres, 27, and Joaquin Garcia, 25– were killed. A third person was treated at the hospital and released.

The crash closed the southbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive from Belmont to Fullerton for several hours during the morning commute.

Garrett, who was relieved of his police powers and placed on administrative leave pending the investigation, remains hospitalized. It isn’t clear if he will appear in court for his bond hearing on Sunday.

via DUI charges filed in deadly, wrong-way LSD crash | abc7chicago.com.

McHenry Co., IL: Man charged with aggravated DUI in crash that killed girl, 4 | southtownstar.suntimes.com

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Leonardo Martinez

Leonardo Martinez

Bail was set Monday at $100,000 for a New Lenox man charged last week with aggravated DUI in a Sept. 2 crash in McHenry County that killed a 4-year-old girl, authorities said.

After a five-month investigation, Leonardo R. Martinez, 43, of the 600 block of Edgewater Court, was charged with one felony count of aggravated DUI and two misdemeanor counts of DUI, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s office. Martinez also received citations for failing to stop at a stop sign and failure to use due care, police said.

Martinez, who posted bond, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s office website, is next due in court in Woodstock on March 20.

Martinez was driving a 2011 Infiniti QX56 south on Millstream Road in unincorporated Seneca Township when the car collided with a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo that was westbound on Route 176, police said.

The Infiniti failed to stop for a stop sign, and both vehicles exited the roadway and struck a guardrail before coming to a stop, police said.

The 4-year-old girl was ejected from the Jeep and was pronounced dead on arrival at Centegra Medical Center in Woodstock, police said. The 30-year-old driver of the Jeep refused treatment, while a 33-year-old woman and 1-year-old child in the Jeep were treated at Centegra for minor injuries.

Martinez and his 34-year-old female passenger were also taken to Centegra with minor injuries.

It is unknown if any occupants were wearing seat belts, police said.

via New Lenox man charged with aggravated DUI in crash that killed girl, 4 – Southtown Star.

Chicago man faces DUI charges after striking pedestrians, killing 1 | chicagotribune.com

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Leroy Bobo

Leroy Bobo

A Chicago man was driving while intoxicated on a suspended license when he struck a group of pedestrians waiting to cross a Northwest Side street early Saturday, killing one and seriously injuring two others, prosecutors said today in court.

Leroy Bobo’s blood-alcohol content was more than double the legal limit, Cook County prosecutors said in announcing multiple counts of aggravated DUI, failure to report a fatal accident and driving on a suspended or revoked license.

Bobo, 42, was northbound in the 3100 block of North Central Avenue in the Cragin neighborhood when his 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser struck a parked car at about 12:45 a.m. and then veered into the victims as they stood on the east side of the street waiting to cross, according to court records.

Mario Ortega, 38, of the 4700 block of West Palmer Street, suffered severe blunt force trauma to his head and was pronounced dead at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center a short time later, the records show.

A 32-year-old woman was taken in critical condition to the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and treated for bleeding to the brain, authorities said. The third victim, a 36-year-old woman, was hospitalized at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a fractured hip, records show.

After the crash, Bobo continued north on Central for more than a mile before slamming into a car that was waiting at a red light. Police officers on routine patrol found Bobo behind the wheel of his disabled Chrysler “continuing to press the accelerator in an attempt to leave that scene as well,” a police report states.

Police noted Bobo had bloodshot eyes, mumbled speech and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. After he was taken to Illinois Masonic, tests revealed his blood-alcohol content was 0.20 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent, according to court records.

Bobo told police he had drunk three glasses of E&J Brandy and smoked marijuana before getting behind the wheel, according to court records.

Judge Israel Desierto set bond for Bobo at $500,000.

via Man faces DUI charges after striking pedestrians, killing 1 – chicagotribune.com.

Edwardsville, Illinois man charged with DUI after passenger falls to her death | abc7chicago.com

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A man faces DUI charges after a Chicago woman fell to her death on the Bishop Ford Freeway.

Michael Johnson of Edwardsville is charged with aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.

Early Tuesday morning, Jennifer Mitchell, 27, fell from a moving SUV onto the Bishop Ford near 154th Street in Dolton. She was struck and killed by two vehicles.

Police say Johnson was driving Mitchell’s car.

via Michael Johnson of Edwardsville charged with DUI in Bishop Ford Freeway death if Jennifer Mitchell, 27 | abc7chicago.com.

Chicago: Two killed while changing tire; Woman charged with DUI | chicagotribune.com

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Delia Aguila, 27

Delia Aguila

Police say a Humboldt Park woman was intoxicated when her car struck and killed two people changing a tire in the Parkview neighborhood Saturday night.

Delia Aguila, 27, was charged with two counts of driving under the influence, reckless driving and a handful of other felonies and misdemeanors, police said. The crash happened in the 3800 block of West 87th Street aboug 10:45 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

According to police, the vehicle Aguila was driving swerved and struck two people who were outside a vehicle on the Southwest Side. Aguila, of the 900 block of North Lawndale Avenue, is due in bond court Tuesday.

The medical examiner identified the two people hit as William Brunson, 39, of the 8200 block of South Harper Avenue in Chicago, and Victoria R. Means, 34, of the 14100 block of South School Street in south suburban Riverdale.

Brunson was pronounced dead at the scene at 10:55 p.m. and Means was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:21 p.m., according to the medical examiner.

via Woman charged with DUI after fatal weekend crash – chicagotribune.com.

Rockford, IL: Driver charged with DUI in double-fatal accident | rrstar.com

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The woman behind the wheel of a vehicle that left the roadway and slammed into a tree over the weekend claiming the lives of two of her passengers was charged with multiple counts of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide.

Antavia S. McGee, 21, of Rockford was charged Thursday with six counts of aggravated DUI causing death, a Class 2 felony; six counts of reckless homicide, a Class 3 felony; and four counts of aggravated DUI, a Class 4 felony.

The accident occurred at 1:43 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of South Winnebago Street.

Investigators determined the vehicle was traveling south on Winnebago Street when it left the roadway and struck a tree.

The two passengers, Shakiyla Ellis, 20, and Desiree Mannery, 23, were pronounced dead at the scene.

McGee was treated and charged upon her release from the hospital today.

She is being held in the Winnebago County Jail without bond.

A Class 2 felony is punishable by three to seven years in prison. A Class 3 felony is punishable by two to five years in prison, and a Class 4 felony is punishable by one to three years in prison.

via Rockford driver charged with DUI in double-fatal accident – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star.

DeWitt, Ill. – Pedestrian killed by alleged drunken driver | news-gazette.com

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A 72-year-old DeWitt man has been arrested for aggravated driving under the influence for allegedly causing the death of a pedestrian in DeWitt late Saturday night.

A release from the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office said a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the village of DeWitt.

The driver, Duane R. Boyer,  was arrested for aggravated DUI and taken to  the DeWitt County Jail.  The victim has been identified as Cathrine Kohl, 38.

At 11:17 p.m.  Saturday,  emergency crews were sent to the intersection of Bloomington and Franklin Street in DeWitt after callers to 911 reported a person had been run over by a vehicle.

Investigation into the incident resulted in the arrest of Boyer of DeWitt for aggravated DUI, a class 2 felony.

via Pedestrian killed in DeWitt by alleged drunken driver | News-Gazette.com.

Rockford, IL: 25-year-old man charged with DUI death of 73-year-old | rrstar.com

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Police have arrested a 25-year-old man on charges of driving under the influence and other crimes in connection with a Sunday night crash that killed 73-year-old William Neal of Rockford.

Pedro D. Figueroa Ramos, 25, of Rockford was charged with aggravated DUI involving a death, aggravated DUI involving death with a blood alcohol content over .08 and several related aggravated DUI charges.

In addition, Ramos is charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident and faces citations for DUI, operating an uninsured vehicle and disobeying a traffic control device, a Loves Park Police Department news release said.

Neal was killed in a two-vehicle crash Sunday night at Forest Hills Road and River Lane.

He was pronounced dead at 8:22 p.m. at SwedishAmerican Hospital about an hour after the crash, Winnebago County Coroner Sue Fiduccia said in a news release.

via Rockford man, 25, charged with DUI in fatal crash – Rockford, IL – Rockford Register Star.

Galesburg, IL: College student dead in alleged DUI hit and run | galesburg.com

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Galesburg woman has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a Knox College student early Sunday. Lakeesha D. Smith, 33, McKnight St., was arrested Sunday afternoon and charged with DUI, leaving the scene of a fatality, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, expired registration, and no valid insurance. Smith is accused of hitting Knox College junior student Tundun Lawani in a single-vehicle incident and then fleeing the scene. Galesburg Police and Knox College Campus Security responded to the scene of a vehicle/pedestrian incident around 3:30 a.m. in the 100 block of West South Street. The victim was transported to Galesburg Cottage Hospital and later pronounced dead, according the police.