Man charged with DUI in fatal I-80 crash near Morris
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Jean Christopher Dylan Wilson | Illinois State Police
GRUNDY COUNTY, Ill. - A man is accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a truck driver Sunday on I-80 near Morris in Grundy County.
Jean Christopher Dylan Wilson, 20, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated DUI involving death, Illinois State Police said in a statement.
About 11:55 p.m., Wilson was driving a Jeep which was stationary on the right shoulder of Interstate 80 near Brisbin Road, state police said. As Wilson merged into traffic his Jeep was rear-ended by a semitrailer.
The man driving the semi, 43-year-old Brandon Heard, was pronounced dead at the scene, state police said. A 25-year-old man who was riding in the Jeep suffered serious injuries, while Wilson was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Wilson, of Morris, is being held at the Grundy County Jail on $500,000 bail.