A Kilbourn Park man was ordered held on $150,000 bail Sunday after prosecutors said he drunkenly crashed into several parked and moving vehicles and injured a handful of people, including a 4-year-old child.
Three adults were treated and released in connection to the auto collisions, and the child sustained cuts to his face that required stitches, according to Cook County prosecutors and court records.
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Mario Ramirez, 41, is charged with felony aggravated DUI in the incident, which took place Friday night in the nearby Hanson Park neighborhood, according to Cook County court records.
Ramirez was driving a van in the 2300 block of North Marmora Avenue when he struck multiple parked vehicles before heading east in the 5400 block of West Fullerton Avenue, according to court records.
He then struck multiple vehicles that were stopped at an eastbound red light, according to court records, before coming to a stop on a sidewalk.
It is not clear at what point the victims were injured, but police said there were no reports of pedestrian injuries.
Numerous witnesses and victims said they saw Ramirez climbing out of the driver’s side window of the van after he stopped on the sidewalk.
Ramirez was uncooperative with hospital staff after the incident and had a blood alcohol level of 0.184, more than twice the legal limit, according to court records.
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