A Palatine man was charged with two counts of aggravated DUI after allegedly rear-ending a cab on the Kennedy. According to the Illinois State Police, the crash occurred at approximately 3:45 a.m. The cab was pulled over on the right side of the northbound Kennedy because a passenger was feeling ill. As a second-time DUI offender, the 25-year-old driver, Joseph R. Lowery, was charged with two counts of aggravated DUI.
Lowery was driving a Lexus when he allegedly rear-ended the minivan taxi. A female passenger was leaning out of the curbside door when the crash occurred. The impact ejected the 26-year-old woman, who was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition. The taxi was allegedly on the right shoulder and partially in the right lane of traffic.
Lowery, the taxi driver, as well as the four other taxi passengers were taken to hospitals in unidentified conditions.
Second-time DUI driver charged after rear-ending cab on Kennedy, suntimes.com, April 14, 2010