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Driver Charged In SUV-Into-Bedroom Crash That Kills Woman
Updated 11/13/10 – 10 p.m. BOLINGBROOK (CBS) – A teenager was charged with reckless homicide Saturday after allegedly driving drunk and then crashing through the wall of an apartment building in...
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Teen Charged In Crash That Killed Sleeping Woman
BOLINGBROOK (CBS) – A teenager was charged with reckless homicide Saturday after allegedly driving drunk and then crashing through the wall of an apartment building in Bolingbrook, killing a woman as...
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DUI Suspect: Cop Told Me To Drive
CHICAGO (STMW) – An admittedly drunk driver took the witness stand in his own defense Friday, testifying how a Chicago Heights police officer ordered him behind the wheel before he crashed his...
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Nanny Recalls Saving Toddler From Drunk Driver
CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago nanny who saved a toddler’s life by pushing the girl’s stroller out of the direct path of an oncoming truck was telling her story for the first time on Tuesday. As CBS2’s...
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No Bond For South Loop DUI Suspect Shot By Police
CHICAGO (STMW) – A suspected drunken driver who was shot by police early Friday after fleeing officers who found him passed out with a gun in a Jeep on a South Loop street has been charged. Tyshaun...
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State Trooper, Nurse Save Allegedly Drunk Driver’s Life On I-65
LAKE COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – Hospital personnel credited the actions of an Indiana State Trooper and a Good Samaritan with saving the life of an allegedly drunk driver who lost control of his SUV, which...
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Drunk Driver Goes 11 Miles In Wrong Direction On Edens
CHICAGO (CBS) – A 24-year-old man was arrested for drunk driving early Thursday morning after driving 11 miles in the wrong direction on the Edens Expressway through Chicago and the northern suburbs....
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Wrong-Way Edens Driver Apologizes For Jeopardizing Motorists
GLENVIEW, Ill. (CBS) — The 24-year-old Glenview man charged with driving the wrong way on the Edens Expressway while drunk earlier this week apologized Friday for putting other motorists in jeopardy....
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Drunk Hit-And-Run Driver Caught After Crashing Into Police Station
CHICAGO (STMW) – A motorist is in police custody early Monday after he crashed into a South Side police station and tried to drive away. A 36-year-old man crashed into a concrete wall in front of the...
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Drunk Driver Wearing Only Socks & Underwear Hits Cop Car
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 24-year-old man was charged with DUI and a number of other driving-related offenses after he fell out of his car, clad only in underwear and socks, after crashing into a police squad...
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Nurse Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver In Palos Township Crash
PALOS TOWNSHIP, Ill. (CBS) – A nurse from southwest suburban Lockport was killed early Sunday when a suspected drunk driver struck her vehicle in unincorporated Palos Township. Heidi Roseen, 51, was...
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Family Tragedy After Wife Of 50 Years Killed By Drunk Driver
ST. JOHN, Ind. (CBS) — In a heart-break for a Northwest Indiana family, a husband has lost his wife in a drunk-driving accident, just six weeks before a milestone wedding anniversary. In November,...
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Drunk Driver Rear-Ends Semi On I-80 On Her 34th Birthday
GARY, Ind. (STMW) – A 34-year-old Hammond, Ind. woman — who police say had a blood-alcohol level 2 1/2 times over the legal limit — ended her 34th birthday celebration early Saturday by totaling her...
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Motorist Wakes Up On Indiana Expressway, Leads Police On Chase
GARY, Ind. (STMW) – An alleged drunken driver led police on a 3-mile chase Tuesday morning in northwest Indiana before his arrest. Indiana State Police Sgt. Ann Wojas said Ted E. Compton, 38, of Lake...
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Victim’s Family Sues Bar That Served Drunk Driver
CROWN POINTE Ind. (CBS) – The family of a man killed in a drunk driving crash is now suing the bar that served the drunk driver. Phillip Briner was an innocent driver heading on the Dan Ryan Expressway...
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Chicago Police Academy Training Lab Named After Fallen Officer
CHICAGO (CBS) – Chicago police have honored one of their fallen colleagues in a most appropriate way. WBBM Newsradio’s Nancy Harty reports the Chicago Police Academy training lab, where recruits learn...
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Prosecutors: Drunk Driver Follows Other Motorist Home, Tries To Run Person Over
Joseph Maloney (Credit: Rolling Meadows Police) play pause Road Rage Charges WBBM Newsradio's Veronica Carter CHICAGO (CBS) – A Streamwood man is in jail, accused of road rage. It began Friday when...
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Police: Drunk Driver Kicked Cops, Bit Hospital Staff
PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – When police confronted Donna Dankoff, 58, about whether she’d been in a hit-and-run, she reportedly kicked an officer in the groin and another in the head. Police said she...
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Wrong-Way Driver Injures Multiple People On I-355
LOCKPORT, Ill. (STMW) – A driver who was allegedly drunk and driving the wrong way on Interstate 355 injured multiple people in a crash Monday night. About 8 p.m., the driver was heading south on...
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Indiana State Trooper Injured By Alleged Drunk Driver
(CBS) — An Indiana State Trooper was hurt early Saturday morning on I80-94 in Munster by an alleged drunk driver from Chicago, reports WBBM’s Mike Krauser. The officer was standing between his marked...
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Police: Woman Passed Out Drunk Behind Wheel Wakes Up, Smashes Vehicle Into...
CHICAGO (STMW) – Police say a woman who passed out drunk while driving in the west suburbs on Monday night woke up and smashed her vehicle into a squad car as officers tried to rouse her in Riverside....
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Service Restored On Metra Electric Branch After Semi Hits Pillar
CHICAGO (STMW) – Service on the Electric District’s South Chicago branch is up and running again early Monday after an alleged drunken driver crashed into Metra’s power lines Sunday evening. The driver...
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Police: Drunk Driver Blew Five Red Lights In Front Of Cop
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Berwyn man is charged with DUI after he allegedly drove past a marked police car and through five consecutive red lights early Tuesday in west suburban Riverside. An officer was on...
View ArticleDrunk Driver Gets Mugshot For The Ages
JOLIET, Ill. (STMW) — It’s said a picture is worth a thousand words and in this case it’s all we got. Andrei Bibbs, 54, of Blue Island, was arrested Saturday in Will County by state police on a charge...
View ArticleSheriff’s Deputy Saves Colleagues, DUI Suspect From Being Hit By Passing Car
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Boone County sheriff’s deputy’s split-second decision saved the lives of four people, including his own, when a passing car nearly ran them over Saturday night. Deputy Charles Schutz...
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Drunk Driver Slams Into Illinois State Police Cruiser In Lake Forest
CHICAGO (CBS)–An Illinois State Police cruiser was struck by a drunk driver on Interstate 94 in north suburban Lake Forest early Friday, according to authorities. State police said Monday that 11...
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Wauconda Police Officer Blocks Road To Stop Alleged Drunk Driver, Who Slammed...
WAUCONDA (CBS) — A Wauconda police officer stopped a motorist driving the wrong way on Illinois Route 12 by parking is squad car in front of the alleged drunk driver who then crashed into the squad...
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