Crime & Safety
5-Month-Old Baby Injured After Wooden Boards Strike Car: Police
Miguel Gurrola Murg, of Aurora, was ticketed for driving a truck full of wooden boards that were not secured.
OSWEGO, IL — A 5-month-old baby was injured on Thursday in Oswego, when wooden boards fell off a pick-up truck and struck an SUV that was following behind it, the village police said.
The accident occurred at 12:21 p.m. on Route 30 near Kendall Point Drive and police said the baby — who was a passenger in the SUV — was transported to Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora with unknown injuries.
The driver of the pick-up truck, Miguel Gurrola Murga, 45, of Aurora, was charged with driving without a valid license and ticketed for spilling load on highway and for the load not being secured.
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Murga later posted bond and was released pending an Oct. 27 court appearance, according to police.
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