Man charged in wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive that killed mother, nursing assistant

A man was charged in a wrong-way crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive late Sunday night that killed a 35-year-old mother and nursing assistant.  

Chicago police said 33-year-old Faymond Johnson is facing felony charges of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide.  

Chicago police said Sunday night at about 11:21 p.m., Jonshon drove a black SUV south in the northbound lanes of DuSable Lake Shore Drive near the Oakwood Boulevard exit. He struck a white car head-on, causing a chain reaction crash that sent the white car into a black coupe.  

Johnson was arrested just after midnight Monday, less than an hour after the crash.  

According to a Chicago Police Department arrest report, Johnson told officers he had been drinking a pint of tequila by himself before driving to work. Officers noticed he had red, bloodshot eyes, his breath smelled like alcohol, and he was slurring his speech.

After conducting field sobriety tests, officers noticed multiple indicators of impairment and took Johnson into custody. They also recovered a bottle of tequila from his vehicle.

The woman killed was identified as 35-year-old Yoketha Brown, a mother who her coworker says had just started her journey to nursing school.

Brown's coworker, Robinique Collins, said Brown spent the past two years working as a certified nursing assistant at Jesse Brown Medical Center.

The two recently celebrated after Collins became a registered nurse.

"I recently just showed her my license of being a registered nurse here in the state of Illinois," Collins said. "She hugged me so tight. That was recently a week and a half ago. So I just never imagined that hug was my last hug from her."  

Johnson originally was expected to appear in court for a detention hearing on Wednesday, but he remained in the hospital, and his first court appearance was rescheduled for Thursday.