Chicago man charged with DUI in crash that killed former Marine on Stevenson Expressway
CHICAGO (CBS) – A man was charged with driving under the influence after a former U.S. Marine was killed and another person was injured in a crash on the Stevenson Expressway Sunday.
Octavio Lara Chavez, 40, of Chicago, was arrested and charged with aggravated driving under the influence involving death and aggravated driving under the influence involving great bodily harm.
Illinois State Police said 28-year-old Nikolas Hutto, a former Marine, and two other people were changing the tire of a Hyundai Sonata on Interstate 55 near Cicero, when Lara Chavez veered onto the shoulder and hit them.
Hutto was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries and was later pronounced dead. One of the people who was helping him change the tire was seriously injured. The other person who was with Hutto was not hurt.
Lara Chavez was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
He is being held pending a detention hearing.
