Two horrific crimes, a deadly car crash and threats against the LGBTQ community and their supporters were among the top suburban news stories of 2022. But not all the news was grim.
A coroner says a woman who drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois, causing a crash that killed a family of six and a 13-year-old family friend, was intoxicated at the time. McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein said Monday that 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandez of Carpentersville, who also died in the crash, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.164 percent, more than twice the legal standard for intoxication. The July 31 crash on Interstate 90 in McHenry County also killed 32-year-old Thomas Dobosz of Rolling Meadows, his 31-year-old wife, Lauren, and five children. They were traveling in a Chevrolet full-size van.
A coroner says a woman who drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois, causing a crash that killed a family of six and a 13-year-old family friend, was intoxicated at the time