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Driver in Chicago DUI Crash Convicted

By Topher

After an eight-day trial, an Illinois jury has convicted Sandra Vasquez of aggravated drunken driving and reckless homicide in the deaths of five teens. On February 11, 2007, about 30 teens were found partying in a Suburban Chicago home. A parent broke up the party and sent the teens home. Vasquez?s younger sister was at the party, and when Vasquez arrived to pick her up, seven other teens asked Vasquez to drive them home. Vasquez agreed, and the teens literally piled into her small sedan. According to the Chicago Tribune, two teenagers were sharing the front passenger seat, four other teens were jammed into the back seat, and two other teenagers were on top of those teenagers? laps. A few minutes later, as the car was driving 70 mph down the highway, Vasquez swerved and then veered into a light pole...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on July 12, 2010 (boomark / email).