A woman was charged with drunken driving when the car she was in crashed on Interstate 57, killing another woman and causing a 9-year-old girl to be ejected from the car on the Far South Side.Yvonne Kemp, 28, of Chicago, was charged with DUI and other charges are pending early Thursday, according to ISP District Chicago Trooper Mark Hall.About 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, a Ford Escort was northbound in …
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A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant was charged with DUI after driving onto a Southwest Side lawn, knocking over a fire hydrant, hitting a tree, running over a stop sign — and then driving off, police said.Gary Podlasek, 53, was charged with driving while under the influence and leaving the scene of a traffic accident, both misdemeanors. He was also ticketed for failure to keep in lanes …
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DUI and child endangerment charges are pending against a motoristdriving a van that flipped early Monday on the Eisenhower Expressway,sending six passengers — including two minors — to the hospital.Theone-vehicle accident occurred when the van carrying eight peopleflipped over on the outbound Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) on the WestSide near Cicero Ave.The 19-year-old driver and …
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Anti-drunken driving advocates reacted angrily earlier this week whenthe Chicago Sun-Times revealed that Gov. Quinn’s administration hadreleased 18 felony drunken drivers from prison early to serve the restof their prison time on home confinement. On Thursday, those same anti-DUI advocates were cheering after thegovernor ordered all 18 back behind bars to serve the remainder oftheir prison time.
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A 30-year-old Chicago man was charged with murder today for allegedly causing a collision while drunk that killed a 48-year-old Rogers Park woman and severely injured her 6-year-old son.Ralph Eubanks, of the 1400 block of North Sedgwick, was also charged with aggravated DUI and leaving the scene of an accident in the hit-and-run that killed Maria Worthon.Worthon, of the 1400 block of West Touhy …
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