Two 18-year-olds were hit and killed while trying to change a tire on the shoulder of the Eisenhower Expressway on Sunday.
ISP said the driver of a white Toyota sedan pulled it onto the right shoulder, with its hazard lights on. Three people got out of the Toyota to change a flat fire.
That's when 21-year-old Ashanti Gates, of Chicago, drove her black Hyundai Sonata into the Toyota and two people, ISP said. The two victims, 18-year-old Erik C. Cox of Rolling Meadows and 18-year-old Shaelyn M. Sherwood of Hoffman Estates, were pronounced dead on the scene.A 4-year-old boy was among five people inside the Hyundai. Gates, the child and one other person from the Hyundai were taken to local hospitals with injuries.
Gates has been charged with two counts of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, two counts of Reckless Homicide and Child Endangerment, ISP said on Tuesday.Hoffman Estates woman, 18, ID'd as victim killed in I-290 crash, medical examiner saysMan charged in Glenview crash that killed teen, injured 2 others2 convicted felons charged in murder of young father on NW Side: CPD
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