Woman charged with DUI in fatal wrong-way crash on Kennedy Expressway

Jakyla Hester, 21, of Chicago, is also charged with reckless homicide, Illinois state police said.

ISP-022824-05.JPG

The 27-year-old driver of a Honda sedan died due to injuries suffered in the crash, according to the Illinois State Police.

Sun-Times file photo

A Chicago woman has been charged with driving under the influence after in connection with a wrong-way crash on the Kennedy Expressway Wednesday in which one man died.

Jakyla Hester, 21, is charged with aggravated driving under the influence causing death, reckless homicide and aggravated DUI without a valid driver’s license, the Illinois State Police said.

About 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the state police, Hester was driving a Volkswagen sedan southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 90 when she struck a Honda sedan near Cumberland Avenue.

The driver of the Honda, 27-year-old Quinn Fraboni of Vernon Hills, died from injuries sustained in the crash, state police said.

Hester was taken to a hospital for treatment of her injuries, police said. She was transported to the Cook County Jail in Maywood on Thursday pending a detention hearing.

The Latest
Ofrece una conexión al United Center a tiempo para la Convención Nacional Demócrata que comienza en dos semanas.
Ambos fueron llevados al Hospital Mount Sinai, donde se encuentran en buenas condiciones.
Owens returned to practice Monday after the Bears let him leave training camp to cheer for his wife.
This year’s fair offers flavored milk, aloof cows, proud pigs and Original Cream Puffs.
The Year of the Coho keeps going on southern Lake Michigan and summer patterns hold on inland waters to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.