With prom season approaching, students in Lake Zurich, Illinois might think twice before drinking and getting behind the wheel. That’s because Operation Prom Night made an appearance this week at the high school and presented a simulated prom night crash caused by a drunk student. Several students acted as prom-goers…
A Friday morning crash in Avondale that left four people seriously injured may have been caused by alcohol and possibly narcotics, according to Chicago police officers. The crash happened just before 3:00 a.m. near the intersection of Kedzie Avenue and Elston Avenue on the northwest side of Chicago. A 21-year-old…
The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department reported that an Illinois limo driver had a blood alcohol content of 0.22 when he drove 23 teens to prom on Saturday. The legal limit for blood alcohol content in Illinois is 0.08 for most drivers and 0.04 for commercial license holders. The teens were…
A 58-year-old Brookfield woman was arrested for driving under the influence on Friday in Riverside. When asked by police officers, the woman informed them that she had been celebrating earlier in the evening because she got her driver’s licence back after a conviction for driving under the influence last fall.The…
The bassist for the band 3 Doors Down is being held in a Nashville jail after he reportedly caused a collision while speeding and driving impaired, according to the Chicago Tribune.Police stated that the bassist, Robert Todd Harrell, showed obvious signs of impairment at the scene and that “he acknowledged…
Last month, two college students were killed tragically when their car collided head on with a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction. The two young men were traveling southbound on Lake Shore Drive at around 4 in the morning on March 15 when an off duty police officer’s Chevy Trailblazer…
Following a car accident which involved a police squad car earlier this week, a man was formally charged this Wednesday with drug possession in relation to his role in allegedly causing the crash. The officers were responding to a call and driving near West Morse Avenue and North Sheridan Road,…
A Chicago man was charged with aggravated driving under the influence (DUI) after he allegedly drove into a group of pedestrians waiting to cross a street on the Northwest Side of Chicago. According to the Chicago Police Department, the 42-year-old driver was headed north on Central Avenue near Belmont Street…
A 29-year-old Carol Stream woman was recently killed in an early morning crash on the Eisenhower Expressway. According to Illinois State Police, the woman stopped her Nissan Altima in the emergency lane of eastbound Interstate 290 near Kostner Avenue around 5:45 am. Soon after, she was allegedly struck from behind…
A suspected drunk driving crash on Western Avenue has taken the life of a 26-year-old woman. According to Chicago police, a 33-year-old man was driving a four-door Saturn south on the roadway around 2:15 am when the car struck a viaduct, flipped, and split in two. The single-vehicle accident reportedly…