A man is facing aggravated DUI charges after a traffic accident that injured four people, including two police officers. Quartez Singleton, 26, on Saturday, August 8th, drove while intoxicated in Chicago, Illinois. He would need a drunk driving attorney’s service.
The Chicago Police Department said that the suspect crashed his vehicle into a patrol car in Lawndale on the West Side. The crash report showed that Singleton tried to make a left turn in front of an oncoming squad car at about 1:40 a.m. in the 1900-block of South Pulaski Road.
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The vehicles collided, the impact injured the suspect and his 26-year-old female passenger. The two and the two police officers in the patrol vehicle received treatment in the hospital. In addition to the aggravated DUI charge, the man faces a charge for driving without a driver’s license and misdemeanor battery.
Driving under the influence is one of the standard charges that arise from a traffic accident. Under Illinois law, a driver must not drive when he or she has .08% blood alcohol concentration. A commercial driver or an operator of a school bus must have less than .04% BAC, and for young people below the age of 21, they must have below .01%.
Standard punishments associated with a DUI charge are jail time, fines, and driver’s license suspension. Other offenses that arise from car accidents are hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter, and the latter carries a lengthy prison sentence.
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