Crime & Safety
Baby, Woman Seriously Hurt In DUI Crash After Man Fled Police: Bolingbrook PD
The crash happened after the man left the scene of a reported domestic battery in Bolingbrook, police said.
BOLINGBROOK, IL — A Lemont man is facing multiple charges, including aggravated DUI and aggravated domestic battery, after a head-on crash which injured a mother and her 3-month-old baby on Boughton Road on Monday morning, according to Bolingbrook Police.
Police say the man, identified as 36-year-old Bernard Crawford, was fleeing a domestic incident prior to the crash.
According to officials, officers responded to Seneca Lane in Bolingbrook on Monday for a report of a domestic battery involving injuries. At 7:37 a.m., an officer found Crawford leaving the scene in a Jeep and made a traffic stop on Schmidt Road.
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After briefly stopping, Crawford fled northbound in the Jeep, and then headed eastbound on Boughton Road without officers in pursuit, police said.
According to officials, the Jeep passed through the intersection of Boughton and Delaway Drive, still traveling eastbound, but now in the westbound lanes. After passing through the intersection, the Jeep struck a vehicle head-on, police said.
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The occupants of the westbound vehicle, a woman and her 3-month-old child, were taken to a local hospital. Both remain hospitalized, police said. The woman "sustained significant injuries" but is stable; and the infant is stable, but in critical condition.
Two other vehicles were also involved in the crash, but the occupants didn't require medical transports, police said.
Crawford, the driver of the Jeep, was taken to the hospital for treatment and later released into police custody.
The victims of the initial call for a domestic battery before the crash are a 23-year-old woman and an 8-month-old child, police said. Both of the victims were taken to the hospital, treated for injuries and later released.
Crawford has been charged with two counts of domestic battery - bodily harm (misdemeanor), aggravated battery to a child (felony), intimidation -physical harm (felony), aggravated domestic battery (felony), four counts of aggravated DUI - bodily harm (felony), and aggravated DUI - suspended or revoked license (felony).
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