fatal DUI crash

Dwayne Rushing, charged with Aggravated DUI Causing Death and Aggravated DUI Great Bodily Harm (SOURCE: DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Laura O’Keefe Killed By Alleged DUI Driver on Highland Ave Near Yorktown Center Mall in Lombard

Thu May 14, 2026 02:19 pm Cardinal News

A 35 year-old woman was driving her passenger vehicle on Mother’s Day, and waiting to pull out of a shopping center driveway just west of Yorktown Mall, when she was killed by an alleged DUI […]

Michael Vazquez, Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Involving Death (Class 2 Felony) after a fatal crash Friday, October 18, 2025 (SOURCE: Illinois State Police)

Co-Worker Charged with DUI Cocaine; Ran Over, Killed Man with Skid Steer at I-94 Tollway M4 Building, Grand Ave Gurnee

Wed Mar 5, 2025 08:08 am Cardinal News

Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 Violent Crimes Unit special agents arrested 39-year-old Michael Vazquez of Oak Forest, IL for Aggravated Driving Under the Influence Involving Death (Class 2 Felony) stemming […]

Jaime Damian, sentenced after pleading guilty in fatal crash Winfield Township (SOURCE: DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

West Chicago Resident Sentenced After Pleading Guilty to Fatal DUI Cocaine Crash Between West Chicago and Winfield

Wed Feb 19, 2025 08:58 am Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced Tuesday, February 18, 2025 that a West Chicago resident charged with crashing into a vehicle head-on killing a man and seriously injuring his wife has been sentenced to […]

Identity Released for Passenger Killed in DUI Crash of Jeep into a Home in Unincorporated Lake Villa

Thu Dec 26, 2024 02:21 pm Cardinal News

The passenger killed in the crash of a Jeep into a house in unincorporated Lake Villa has been identified as 22-year-old Axel Maldonado Guerrero of Round Lake Beach. On Thursday, December 26, 2024, an autopsy […]

Passenger Dies After DUI Driver Crashes Jeep into Home in Unincorporated Lake Villa Christmas Eve

Wed Dec 25, 2024 02:37 pm Cardinal News

Lake County Sheriff’s Crash Investigators are investigating a Christmas Eve crash in an unoccupied house that left a male passenger dead, and another passenger and the driver seriously injured. Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded about […]

Jose S. Aguirre, convicted of nine counts of Aggravated DUI (SOURCE: Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

DUI Driver Reached 123 MPH, Killed His 2 Passengers in a Crash in Round Lake; Sentenced to 10 Years with IDOC

Fri Aug 23, 2024 02:49 pm Cardinal News

Today, Friday, August 23, 2024 a Lake County Judge sentenced a man to 10 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for a 2020 fatal DUI rollover crash. Jose S. Aguirre, 30, was convicted on […]

Taeyoung Kim, charged with Aggravated DUI, Reckless Driving and multiple other charges after a fatal crash on Mother's Day (May 12, 2024) in Glenview (SOURCE: Glenview Police Department)

Driver Charged in Fatal DUI Crash that Killed Teen on Mother’s Day on Lake Ave in Glenview

Sat May 18, 2024 08:25 pm Cardinal News

The Glenview Police Department on Friday, May 17, 2024 announced the arrest and charges for Taeyoung Kim, a suspect connected to the death of Marko Niketic in a two-vehicle crash in Glenview on Mother’s Day. […]

Victor H. Ortiz, convicted of Aggravated DUI Charges (SOURCE: Lake County State's Attorney's Office)

Guilty Verdict for Round Lake Beach Resident Charged in DUI Crash that Killed 2 Women in Lake County

Fri Aug 12, 2022 09:12 am Cardinal News

Attempted to Flee to Guatemala A jury trial concluded late evening Wednesday, August 10, 2022, in the Lake County Courthouse with guilty verdicts on all counts related to a fatal DUI collision in 2019 in […]

Bryam E. Campos, charged with Reckless Homicide, Aggravated DUI and other charges (SOURCE: Arlington Heights Police Department)

Driver Charged in Fatal Crash at Arlington Heights Rd and Golf Rd Arlington Heights

Mon Jul 25, 2022 03:40 pm Cardinal News

Bryam E. Campos Mendoza has been charged with Reckless Homicide and Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol/Causing Death (a Class 2 Felony) following a fatal crash at Arlington Heights Road and Golf Road in […]

NIcholas Roepke, charged with Aggravated DUI Causing Death (SOURCE: DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Bond Set at $500,000 for Geneva Resident in Fatal DUI Crash in Aurora

Fri Mar 11, 2022 05:48 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Aurora Chief of Police Keith Cross announced today that bond has been set for a Geneva man charged with crashing into a vehicle on the side of the […]

Juan Rodea-Cruz, convicted Aggravated DUI Causing Death (DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Chicago Resident Sentenced to 20 Years for Causing DUI Crash That Killed Two in Clarendon Hills

Wed Jan 12, 2022 06:18 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin announced today that a Chicago resident accused of causing a head-on crash that killed two passengers in an oncoming vehicle has been sentenced to twenty years in the Illinois […]

Brendan Wydajewski, Aggravated DUI causing death suspect (DuPage County State's Attorney's Office)

Bond Set at $500,000 for Naperville Resident Accused of Killing Three in Fatal DUI Crash in Lisle

Mon Nov 29, 2021 06:29 pm Cardinal News

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Lisle Chief of Police Ron Wilke announced today, Monday, November 29, 2021, that bond has been set for a male resident of Naperville accused of causing a […]

Alyssa Popp, DUI drugs suspect in fatal crash on Route 31 (Richmond Road) in McHenry County (SOURCE: McHenry County Sheriff's Office/Imagery ©2021 Google, Imagery ©2021 Maxar Technologies, U.S. Geological Survey, USDA Farm Service Agency, Map data ©2021)

DUI Drugs Charge for Wisconsin Woman Involved in Fatal Head-On Crash on Route 31 in McHenry County that Killed Elmhurst Woman

Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:09 pm Cardinal News

Alyssa Popp, 31, of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was charged Thursday, November 18, 2021 with aggravated driving under the influence of drugs where a death resulted, driving under the influence of drugs, and improper lane use […]

Marek Josko, age 67 in 2021, DUI, convicted in Reckless Homicide case (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Arrest Via Interpol; State’s Attorney’s Office Secures Guilty Verdict in 25 Year Old Lake Forest DUI, Reckless Homicide Case

Fri Sep 3, 2021 02:41 pm Cardinal News

(Lake County, IL) – After evading justice for nearly 25 years, Marek Josko was found guilty of one count of Reckless Homicide by a Lake County jury following the conclusion of the four-day trial on […]

John Buckley, DUI suspect in fatal cash in Fox Lake (SOURCE: Lake County Sheriff's Office)

Suspect in June 2021 Fatal DUI Crash at US 12 and Big Hollow Rd Surrenders to Fox Lake Police

Wed Aug 25, 2021 10:46 am Cardinal News

John Buckley, age 57, of the block of 2400 Thornberry Drive in Plainfield, turned himself in to Fox Lake police Monday, August 23, 2021 for his alleged responsibility for a fatal DUI crash that occurred […]

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