Driver charged in deadly crash on Christmas Eve
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, a Jeep drove into a home, in the 21300 block of West Engle Drive, just before 7:30 p.m.
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According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, a Jeep drove into a home, in the 21300 block of West Engle Drive, just before 7:30 p.m.
Witnesses reported seeing the Jeep swerve into two lanes before driving off the roadway, into a yard and then into the home.
The officer herself, Tangie Brown, and the bar where she had been before the crash, were already named in the wrongful death lawsuit.
Last October, officers say Leotis Carter was drunk when he went south in the northbound lanes of DuSable Lake Shore Drive near the I-55 exit ramp.
Last October, officers say Leotis Carter was drunk when he went south in the northbound lanes of DuSable Lake Shore Drive near the I-55 exit ramp.
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