Saturday, December 29, 2007
1 million dollar Bail for Booze & Cocaine DUI Death
San Diego DUI lawyer news
Bail was set Friday at $950,000 for a Chicago man accused of driving drunk and with cocaine in his system after a crash in Park Ridge on Christmas that killed a passenger in another car.
Cook County prosecutors said Branko Curcic, 28, of the 5200 block of North Reserve Avenue had a blood-alcohol level of 0.271 and tested positive for cocaine after the car he was driving struck the rear of a Mitsubishi Lancer that was stopped at Devon Avenue and Canfield Road shortly after midnight Tuesday. The legal limit for blood-alcohol level in Illinois is 0.08.
Curcic has been charged with four counts of aggravated DUI driving under the influence and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. A passenger in the Lancer, Justin Prendergast, 20, of the 5400 block of West Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago, died unfortunately.
Bail was set Friday at $950,000 for a Chicago man accused of driving drunk and with cocaine in his system after a crash in Park Ridge on Christmas that killed a passenger in another car.
Cook County prosecutors said Branko Curcic, 28, of the 5200 block of North Reserve Avenue had a blood-alcohol level of 0.271 and tested positive for cocaine after the car he was driving struck the rear of a Mitsubishi Lancer that was stopped at Devon Avenue and Canfield Road shortly after midnight Tuesday. The legal limit for blood-alcohol level in Illinois is 0.08.
Curcic has been charged with four counts of aggravated DUI driving under the influence and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. A passenger in the Lancer, Justin Prendergast, 20, of the 5400 block of West Sunnyside Avenue, Chicago, died unfortunately.
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