Homicide Charges For DUI Man

From the Chicago DUI Police blotter

Man charged in fatal DUI crash in Heart of Chicago

A 35-year-old man who police said was drunk behind the wheel was charged with reckless homicide in connection with a crash that killed another man Saturday in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood, police said this afternoon.

Roberto M. Torres, of the 2000 block of West 21st Street, was also charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in an injury or death and was ticketed for driving under the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vehicle without insurance and failing to stop at a red light.

Carlos Chavez, of the 1600 block of West 21st Street, was pronounced dead at 6:30 a.m., said a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The crash happened about 2:30 a.m. Saturday at West Cermak Road and South Damen Avenue, involving a truck and another vehicle, police said. Torres and a female passenger, 20, were in the truck, and both were treated for minor injuries.

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