Man Charged With DUI After 6 Hurt In NW Side Crash

(STMW) -- A west suburban man has been charged with DUI after he was involved in a Belmont Cragin neighborhood crash early Friday that left six people hurt on the Northwest Side.

Angel Rodriguez, 22, was charged with misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence and driving under the influence of a drug, and cited for failure to reduce speed and no insurance, according to Chicago Police.

About 2:15 a.m. Friday, a Honda and Toyota were heading southbound in the 2000 block of North Cicero when they collided, police said.

Rodriguez, the Honda's driver, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where his condition stabilized, police said. A 20-year-old man riding as a passenger in the Honda was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, along with another man whose condition stabilized.

A woman riding in the Toyota was taken to Stroger in serious condition. The driver and another passenger, both men, were taken to Mount Sinai, where their conditions stabilized, police said.

Rodriguez, of the 1800 block of Manchester Avenue in Westchester, was released on his own recognizance and is next scheduled to appear in traffic court Dec. 7.