A drunk driver who traveled the wrong way, striking another vehicle head-on and killing a longtime Wauconda High School teacher, has been sentenced to six years in prison. The incident happened around 2:15 a.m. on December 10, 2023, near Palatine Road and Wheeling Road in Wheeling. Wheeling Deputy Police Chief Al Steffen said the collision […]
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Charges filed after woman critically injured by DUI driver in wrong-way crash on Route 12 in Volo
A driver has been charged after he drove the wrong way on Route 12 in Volo and crashed head-on into another vehicle, leaving a woman critically injured and a man seriously injured. Mitchell L. Klein, 25, of Fox Lake, was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing bodily harm and two […]
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9 years in prison for man convicted of driving intoxicated for 5th time, killing 21-year-old man in Fox Lake crash
A man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for driving intoxicated for the fifth time when he caused a head-on crash that killed a 21-year-old man in Fox Lake. Kevin C. Kaminski, 49, of Ingleside, was charged in early January by a Lake County grand jury with two counts of aggravated driving under […]
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Highwood driver identified by Lake County Coroner officials as person killed in head-on collision in North Chicago
A Highwood resident is identified by the Lake County Coroner’s Office as the person who died in a head-on crash early Sunday morning in North Chicago. George Santi, 67, died from blunt force injuries he received in the crash on Route 41 south of Brompton Avenue at about 2:14 a.m. on Sunday, June 16, said […]
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Man ordered detained after being charged with DUI in wrong-way, head-on crash that killed 21-year-old in Fox Lake
An Ingleside man was ordered detained pending trial after he was charged with his fifth DUI when he caused a head-on crash that killed a 21-year-old man in Fox Lake, at a time he was on release for another DUI. Kevin C. Kaminski, 49, of Ingleside, was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under […]
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1 critically injured, 2 seriously injured after wrong-way driver crashes into car on Route 12 in Volo
A driver was critically injured and two others were seriously injured after a wrong-way driver on Route 12 in Volo crashed head-on into another vehicle Sunday evening. The Wauconda Fire District and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 8:15 p.m. Sunday to Route 12 and Russell Drive in Volo for a report of a vehicle […]
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Driver charged with DUI in wrong-way, head-on crash that killed 21-year-old man in Fox Lake
A grand jury has charged an Ingleside man with driving drugged and drunk while traveling the wrong way on Route 12 in Fox Lake, causing a head-on crash that killed a 21-year-old man. Kevin C. Kaminski, 49, of Ingleside, was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing death and two counts […]
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Driver charged with DUI, driving wrong way and killing Wauconda High School teacher in head-on crash
Charges have been filed against a driver accused of driving drunk and traveling the wrong way, striking another vehicle head-on and killing a longtime Wauconda High School teacher. The incident happened around 2:15 a.m. on December 10 near Palatine Road and Wheeling Road in Wheeling. Wheeling Deputy Police Chief Al Steffen said the collision occurred […]
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‘He put the kids and the school first’: Longtime Wauconda teacher remembered after being killed by DUI driver
A longtime Wauconda High School teacher is being remembered for putting students first after he was killed last weekend by a suspected intoxicated driver who crashed head-on into his vehicle. The Wheeling Fire Department and Wheeling Police Department responded around 2:15 a.m. last Sunday to Palatine Road and Wheeling Road in Wheeling for a vehicle […]