Articles Posted in Traffic Accident

Grayslake police chief, Matt McCutcheon, was charged with DUI in Wisconsin. The charges came about after his involvement in a car accident while returning from a restaurant just over the state line with his wife. McCutcheon was turning onto Route 46 in Silver Lake when he allegedly struck a car on the highway around 10…

A party in the Gresham neighborhood over the weekend reportedly ended with a fight in the street. Denise Carter, of Chicago, allegedly jumped in her car, pulled a U-Turn, accelerated, and drove straight into the crowd that had gathered. The impact broke a woman’s shoulder and knee according to prosecutors, the rest of the group…

Last Tuesday, a Chicago police officer was sentenced to 3 years in prison for a fatal DUI crash. Officer Richard Bolling, 43, was off-duty when he struck Trenton Booker, 13, with his Dodge Charger in May of 2009. One of the two officers that stopped Bolling after he left the scene testified that her watch…

Walter Thompson, 30, of Blue Island was charged with driving under the influence after his SUV allegedly caused a chain reaction accident that hit a man unloading a beer truck. A vehicle pinned the worker against a CTA bus Monday in the Morgan Park neighborhood. Charles Kimbrough, 45, and a co-worker were unloading the beer…

Frank Caruso, of Westchester, was involved in a minor accident on the Eisenhower Expressway on Saturday at about 1 a.m.. A state trooper arrived on the scene and positioned his vehicle with his emergency lights activated to warn other motorists of the accident. Caruso sat in the back of the squad to keep warm while…

Rakesh J. Baker, 23, is alleged to have driven his SUV the wrong way for over five miles on the outbound Stevenson Expressway early Friday morning. The incident ended with Baker’s vehicle crashing head-on into a small car on a ramp to Lake Shore Drive. Both drivers were seriously injured according to police. Baker, has…

Arsenio Garcia, 24, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor DUI Saturday morning after allegedly striking a Chicago Police squad car. Police say Garcia was wearing only his underwear and socks when he was arrested. Police were contacted by a concerned citizen around 11 a.m. when the vehicle in question was driving through an alley on…

Hector Barajas, 23, was charged with driving under the influence as a result of a two-car crash that left one man dead and three other people injured. One of the vehicles hit a light pole. One victim was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital an hour after the crash. Two of the other victims were…

Eric M. Barth, formerly of South Elgin, was sentenced to five years in jail and must also participate in Illinois Impact Incarceration Program for severely injuring a couple in a December 2010 DUI crash. Barth, 22, was driving a Chevy pickup truck when his vehicle crossed into the opposite lane of traffic and struck another…

Julio Duran, 27, was charged with aggravated DUI after crashing into an auto repair shop in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood around 1:20 a.m. last Friday. Duran allegedly measured a BAC of .294, more than the three times the legal limit. Duran was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. He…