Suspected DUI crash has left Forest Park co-op business shut down through holidays
Shettima Webb's co-op business includes 15 separate vendors wo use the storefront to sell and display unique items. None can operate now.
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Shettima Webb's co-op business includes 15 separate vendors wo use the storefront to sell and display unique items. None can operate now.
The driver smashed into a store that more than a dozen small business vendors call home in Forest Park. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
One passenger, Jaylene Escamilla, 28, was ejected from the car and was taken to Ascension Resurrection Hospital and pronounced dead.
Police said 74-year-old Craig Muzard swerved into oncoming traffic in February in unincorporated Lake Villa.
Now-29-year-old off-duty CPD officer Terrance Finley pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide.
Now-29-year-old off-duty CPD officer Terrance Finley pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide.
A vehicle was traveling in the wrong lane when it struck a single on-coming car - killing the 53-year-old driver, police said.
Murod Kurdi, 28, was struck by a car outside his Oak Lawn home back in June. He died several days later. On Tuesday, driver Leanne Cusack was found guilty of failure to reduce speed.
"Members of the Oak Lawn Police Department didn't think Murod's life mattered."
A plea for justice for Murod Kurdi. He died after being hit by a car outside his Oak Lawn home. The driver admitted to drinking earlier but left the scene with only a ticket. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Prosecutors said Deni Rubio's blood alcohol was twice the legal limit when prosecutors said he ran a red light, causing the deadly crash. They say he also tried to take an officer's gun after the crash.
Officers found cannabis and an open alcoholic drink inside his vehicle.
Just after 1:00 Sunday morning, Lisle police stopped 38-year-old Thaddeus Thompson for a traffic stop.
Michael Trinka, 33, has been arrested and charged with 12 counts of aggravated DUI, according to Illinois State Police.
A special prosecutor will oversee the driving under the influence case against off-duty Joliet police Officer Erin Zilka.
A woman is now charged with DUI after hitting the 40-year-old man walking in the 100 block of Chestnut Monday night, causing serious injuries.
Arriving officers learned the woman, Taylor Harmon, 25, was seen by a resident throwing the infant into a carrier before violently shaking it – causing the child's head to hit the carrier multiple times.
A man from downstate Auburn, Illinois who was already facing charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot has also been charged with causing a car accident near Springfield while driving drunk earlier this month that resulted in a woman's death.
As of Monday morning, all students have been stabilized. As the Warsaw Police Department said Monday morning, "Praise the Lord!"
Recently released surveillance footage shows a speeding car slamming into another vehicle, then rolling into railroad crossing signals in Arlington Heights.
"It took my son's life. It was a crash. It's very serious and it's preventable."
Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker was arrested for driving drunk on the Kennedy Expressway last week, after being found sleeping at the wheel and blocking traffic.
Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker was arrested for driving drunk on the Kennedy Expressway last week, after being found sleeping at the wheel and blocking traffic. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
A new federal law will require all automakers to install technology that can detect drunken or impaired driving.
A Barrington School District 220 bus driver is facing charges after police say he was involved in a crash while driving drunk with students on board.
