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Woodridge Woman Charged with DUI After Fiery Crash on Roosevelt Road

A second driver was injured in the accident at Roosevelt Road and Park Avenue, police said.

A 22-year-old Woodridge woman was charged with driving under the influence after a two-car crash sent a teen to the hospital last week.

Stephanie Murray was arrested after the accident, which occurred at Roosevelt Road and Park Boulevard at 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, Glen Ellyn Police said. 

A 17-year-old Lombard teen was hurt in the accident and was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, said Deputy Chief Bill Holmer. 

Murray was heading westbound on Roosevelt Road and the teen was heading eastbound. Both of the drivers had green lights when Murray turned south onto Park Boulevard, colliding head on with the Lombard teen's vehicle, Holmer said.

The crash did cause the teen’s vehicle to start on fire, but the fire appeared to have been put out quickly, he said.

Murray was charged with failure to yield turning left and driving under the influence, Holmer said. Her bail was $3,000.

The intersection was closed for about an hour after the accident and traffic was diverted, Holmer said. Both vehicles had front-end damage and were towed from the scene.

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Wheaton Taxpaper August 21, 2012 at 11:56 am
Unfortunately, since no one was killed some DuPage judges like to accept a guilty plea, pay a few dollars, and the case gets discharged. After 6 months, no record of the drunk driving or tickets.
I'M JUST SAYING August 21, 2012 at 03:21 pm
YES GLAD NO ONE WAS KILLED BUT ONCE AGAIN THE DRUNK DRIVER WALKS AWAY WITHOUT A SCRATCH! I AM SICK TO DEATH OF DRUNK DRIVERS! WHEN I DID DRINK I WOULD TAKE CABS OR CALL SOMEONE. I HAVE EVEN TAKEN A CAB ALL THE WAY HOME FROM DOWNTOWN (AN $80 TRIP) JUST SO I WOULDN'T RISK HURTING ANYONE OR MYSELF. I DON'T WANT MY KIDS DRIVING AND HAVE SOME IDIOT WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE SENSE THAT A 5 YEAR OLD HAS AND GETTING HURT OR WORSE CAUSE THEY WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME! GROW UP AND TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY!
Erick Gillespie August 22, 2012 at 03:49 am
Aman to that! When people go to bars or anywhere to drink, leave there cars and pick them up at a later time.
How Fricking hard is that?! Theese kinda people make me SICK!

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