Driver charged with DUI in deadly Eisenhower Expressway crash
Ashanti Gates, 21, of Chicago, stood charged Tuesday with two counts each of felony aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless homicide, as well as child endangerment.
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Ashanti Gates, 21, of Chicago, stood charged Tuesday with two counts each of felony aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless homicide, as well as child endangerment.
Preliminary information says one of the people killed was a pedestrian outside of a vehicle.
State police said the crash happened just after 3 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-290 near Damen Avenue.
A small bus caught fire shortly before 2 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 290 near Halsted Street
The victim was not shot but received treatment at the hospital for minor injuries from the crash.
Police said last Sunday, 31-year-old Lamont Ross shot at a car driving on the entrance ramp from Independence to the eastbound Eisenhower Expressway.
Preliminary information indicated that a black Mitsubishi sedan lost control for an unknown reason and struck the right concrete median before swerving left and striking a blue Hyundai SUV.
Illinois State Police announced that Ruben Barajas, 31, of North Riverside, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
Three vehicles were involved in the crash, and the victims all suffered non-life-threatening injuries, state police said.
At the scene, a mangled car was seen wedged under the trailer of a semi-truck on the westbound shoulder.
The condition of the driver was not immediately known following the crash in Oak Park.
Bullets hit at least one car in the westbound lanes just before 3:30 a.m., and more than two dozen shell casings were left behind, police said.
An early morning shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway on Chicago's Near West Side left a 25-year-old man dead and shut down the Paulina Street ramp for several hours on Thursday.
Parrius F. Harding of Chicago, 27, Rashad A. Rhodes, 18, and Tristan J. Dent, 18, were all charged with attempted murder.
A Toyota Corolla changed lanes to the right and sideswiped a Toyota RAV4 – causing it to lose control and roll over, ISP said.
Bullet holes were left in the side of the white tow truck after the shooting at California Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The driver’s coworkers said he was recovering, as Illinois State Police continued to investigate the shooting. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The driver of the striking car stopped after the crash and waited for emergency responders to arrive.
For unknown reasons, the driver left the roadway to the right, lost control before entering the roadway again, and overturned in the right lane, ISP said.
Crews are making pavement repairs to the bridge that carries Ida B. Wells Drive and the Eisenhower Expressway over the South Branch of the Chicago River.
The driver and two passengers of the first car were taken to an area hospital with injuries.
The crash forced outbound traffic down to one lane near the Independence exit.
CBS 2's nonstop news crew saw one person at the scene being helped by paramedics.
One person was struck by gunfire and taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
One person self-transported to an area hospital, while the other was taken to the hospital by an ambulance.
