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player ready...A Spring Grove man has been charged with felony aggravated DUI following a Thursday car crash in which his passenger was killed, Waukegan police said.
Max Barraza, 27, also charged with DUI, is believed to have had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit of .08 at the time of the three-vehicle collision at at the intersection of Green Bay Road and Washington Street, Waukegan Police Cmdr. Joe Florip said.
Killed in the 9 p.m. crash was Adrian Biedzinski, age 35, of Round Lake Beach, according to Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper. An autopsy performed Friday determined the preliminary cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries.
Biedzinski, who was wearing a seat belt at the time, was trapped inside Barraza’s pickup truck, Florip said. The coroner’s office arrived about 9:45 p.m. and determined Biedzinski died while inside the vehicle, he said.
Barraza was arrested at the scene and remains in the custody of the Lake County jail in lieu of $250,000 bond. A preliminary court date is scheduled for Monday.
According to Waukegan police reports, Barraza was driving a truck westbound on Washington Street at a high rate of speed when he hit a westbound vehicle, causing it to spin into the eastbound lanes of Washington and collide with a third vehicle traveling eastbound, police said.
Two occupants of the first vehicle struck by Barraza were taken to area hospitals for treatment of minor injuries, Florip said. No occupants of the third vehicle required medical treatment.