Keith Whippie, 44, injured himself after he drove through a parking lot, on a curb, over a sidewalk, through a fence, and right off of a 12-foot tall retaining wall on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020.
Whippie, of Cary, Illinois, had been drinking before the accident occurred. The accident started in the parking lot of Jewel-Osco, according to the Cary Police Department.
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The accident happened a little before 10:30 p.m. near the parking lot of the Cary Square Shopping Center next to the West Northwest Highway in Illinois. The police department had received a call from someone who was shopping at Jewel-Osco. The customer complained that there was a man who appeared to be drunk.
According to the report, the man got into a blue pickup truck and began to drive east in the Jewel-Osco parking lot. He eventually ended up driving over the retaining wall, according to a news release from the Cary Police Department.
The truck then landed on its side in the parking lot of Galati’s Hideaway. Whippie was the only occupant of the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Once the police arrived on the scene, Whippie was taken to Good Shepard Hospital. He has injuries, although they are not life-threatening.
Whippie has been charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, driving with a blood alcohol content higher than 0.08 percent, and driving under the influence of alcohol.