A Richmond man who was charged with rolling his truck while driving while intoxicated near Woodstock when he was 19 has pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge of DUI.
Nathan Madula, who is now 21, was sentenced to 24 months of probation and 300 hours of community service following the plea deal accepted Jan. 22, court records show.
Court records show he completed the DUI school prior to the plea deal being accepted last month.
He is still required to serve on a victim impact panel and pay a fine of $3,506.
As part of the plea deal, he is also to refrain from drinking alcohol or ingesting any controlled substances without a medical prescription, and is required to submit to 10 urine drops, court records show.
Felony counts of aggravated DUI resulting in bodily harm and charges of consumption of liquor by a minor, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improper traffic lane usage and failure to wear a seat belt were dropped, court records show.
Madula was 19 when he was charged with driving intoxicated after he rolled his pickup truck over, causing him and another teenager to be ejected and critically injured, near Woodstock.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded around 6:45 p.m. on December 13, 2023, to the 4900 block of Route 47 in unincorporated Woodstock for a vehicle crash with injuries.
The sheriff’s office said at the time that an investigation showed a 2003 Ford truck was traveling northbound on Route 47 south of Allendale Road when it crossed into the southbound lane of traffic for unknown reasons.
The Ford exited the roadway into the ditch on the west side of the road and rolled over several times, the sheriff’s office said.
The truck was heavily damaged and came to rest against a house. The house did not sustain any damage.
The two occupants, Madula and an 18-year-old Hebron man, were ejected from the vehicle, the sheriff’s office said.
Woodstock Fire/Rescue District Communication Specialist Alex Vucha said both victims were unconscious and located nearby.
Both teenagers suffered critical, life-threatening injuries and two medical helicopters were called to the scene, Vucha said.
The 18-year-old passenger was flown to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.
Madula was flown to Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital—Riverside in Rockford.
The sheriff’s office investigated while Route 47 was completely shut down for several hours.
Court records show Madula was initially charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing a crash involving bodily harm, consumption of liquor by a minor, failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash, improper traffic lane usage and driving without a seatbelt.
The criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleged Madula was driving under the influence of alcohol when he caused the crash, which resulted in great bodily harm to his passenger, and that he is under the legal age of 21 to consume alcohol.
The complaint said Madula was also under the influence of THC, was driving too fast and was not wearing a seatbelt.