Taxi driver, passenger killed in crash
Published January 2, 2005
A drunken driver crashed his car into a taxi early Saturday, killing the driver and his passenger in the city's Lakeview neighborhood, Chicago police said.
The collision occurred in the 2900 block of North Ashland Avenue about 5:45 a.m. when Igors Kazakovs, 21, of the 6300 block of South Lockwood Avenue, Chicago, driving an Audi sedan, ran a red light and struck the side of the taxi, police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said.
Passenger Brian Schultz, 28, of an unknown address, and cabdriver Frank Frempong, 61, of the 8100 block of South Dobson Avenue, Chicago, were killed.
Kazakovs was in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center on Saturday evening, Taylor said. She did not know the condition of a female passenger from the Audi who was taken to Illinois Masonic.
Kazakovs' blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit, Taylor said. He was charged with drunken driving, driving with a suspended license and failure to have insurance, Taylor said.
Charges could be upgraded by the state's attorney's office, police said.
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He is facing deportation. and his girlfriend is home now feeling better. I donno I just want to tell people to be careful. I mean it was a bit tough on me to vist them at the hospital. But its tougher to know that he killed someone. The passenger was trying to be safe because he was drunk and he oredered a cab to drive him home. Life isn't too fare. But he does have a liscence and insurence.
Published January 2, 2005
A drunken driver crashed his car into a taxi early Saturday, killing the driver and his passenger in the city's Lakeview neighborhood, Chicago police said.
The collision occurred in the 2900 block of North Ashland Avenue about 5:45 a.m. when Igors Kazakovs, 21, of the 6300 block of South Lockwood Avenue, Chicago, driving an Audi sedan, ran a red light and struck the side of the taxi, police spokeswoman JoAnn Taylor said.
Passenger Brian Schultz, 28, of an unknown address, and cabdriver Frank Frempong, 61, of the 8100 block of South Dobson Avenue, Chicago, were killed.
Kazakovs was in critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center on Saturday evening, Taylor said. She did not know the condition of a female passenger from the Audi who was taken to Illinois Masonic.
Kazakovs' blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit, Taylor said. He was charged with drunken driving, driving with a suspended license and failure to have insurance, Taylor said.
Charges could be upgraded by the state's attorney's office, police said.
Copyright © 2004, Chicago Tribune
He is facing deportation. and his girlfriend is home now feeling better. I donno I just want to tell people to be careful. I mean it was a bit tough on me to vist them at the hospital. But its tougher to know that he killed someone. The passenger was trying to be safe because he was drunk and he oredered a cab to drive him home. Life isn't too fare. But he does have a liscence and insurence.
