Chicago woman faced with felony after fatal DUI
A Chicago woman has recently been charged with upgraded charges of felony drunk driving after her involvement in a crash last year that resulted in the wrongful death of two passengers. The victims, a mother and her teenage son, were headed home from a funeral for the boy’s grandmother in Chicago. They were hit by a Chicago woman who was driving her 1997 Oldsmobile at a high rate of speed when she swerved to get around a stopped vehicle and her car went out of control, flipped onto its side, and struck a tree and light pole. They were riding in the back seat of the driver’s car, pinned in the wreckage, and pronounced dead at the scene. A third passenger was not injured and the driver was treated for minor injuries where tests showed that she had a blood-alcohol content of 0.17 percent.
The Chicago woman accused of being culpable for the Illinois wrongful death had initially been cited with misdemeanor driving under the influence after the deadly crash in Chicago. But when she appeared in court on Tuesday, she was arrested and charged with upgraded felony charges – two counts of aggravated DUI involving a death. The Chicago defendant’s charges were upgraded after laboratory tests matched her DNA to blood found on the driver’s side air bag, which proves that the Chicago woman was behind the wheel of the car at the deadly scene.
Our Chicago wrongful death lawyers represent families who have lost their loved ones due to the fault of another person. Deaths caused by drunk driving, a dangerous or defective product, the construction of an unsound structure or building, nursing home negligence, or failure to diagnose a deadly disease may be considered “wrongful deaths” under the law. These claims are often filed to obtain monetary damages to cover the earnings that the deceased person would have provided or expense associated with the death, lost benefits, loss of inheritance, pain, suffering, or mental anguish, loss of companionship, or punitive damages.
Read more about the Chicago drunk driving wrongful death at the Chicago Tribune.
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