CALUMET CITY, Ill. (AP) - An 18-year-old has been charged with DUI causing death and reckless homicide with a motor vehicle in a crash that killed two people, including a Calumet City student who attended prom hours earlier.
The Chicago Tribune (https://trib.in/1LoCW4o ) reports David Peden of Calumet City was released on $40,000 bail Tuesday.
Police say the car Peden was driving crossed the center line early Sunday in Calumet City and slammed into a pickup driven by 56-year-old Juan Rivera, a longtime Metra employee. Authorities say Rivera was killed, as was a passenger in Peden’s car, 18-year-old Aaron Dunigan.
Dunigan’s mother, Kaye Jackson, tells WLS-TV (https://abc7.ws/1IR3Cv1 ) that the two and a third teen were leaving an after-prom party.
Dunigan was set to graduate from Thornton Fractional North High School this week and was the football team’s quarterback.
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