(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Charges have been filed against a man accused of drunk driving in a crash that killed a longtime Wauconda High School teacher, according to the Cook County State Attorney's Office.
Authorities said 28-year-old Guillermo Salgado was traveling the wrong way when his vehicle struck the teacher’s car head-on.
It happened just after 2:00 a.m. on December 10 near Palatine Road and Wheeling Road in Wheeling.
Police said Salgado was speeding when his Toyota struck the Ford Edge driven by 53- year- old Robert Gillen, a math teacher and athletic trainer at Wauconda High.
Salgado is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence causing a fatal crash. He’ll be back in court in late January.
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