(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A Chicago man is charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence following a fatal crash on the city's North Side.
Police say 20-year-old Jaime Torres, Jr., crashed his vehicle into a light pole on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Belmont early Thursday morning.
Chicago police said Torres was heading northbound on Lake Shore Drive when swerved to avoid hitting another car and went off the road near Barry in Lakeview. It was about 12:15 a.m.
A 25-year-old man who was in the car with him died at a nearby hospital.
Torres was taken into custody and is due in court on Saturday.
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