I-80 Fatal Caused by Driver with Suspended License, Police Say
Aaron Pointer took a curve too fast and collided with a 25-year-old motorcyclist from Plainfield, according to the Illinois State Police.
A 25-year-old motorcyclist from Plainfield died Friday after being struck by an out-of-control SUV driven by a Joliet man with a suspended license and no insurance, police said.
Juan M. Juarez-Del Angel was pronounced dead at Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet at 4:41 p.m., an hour after the crash on eastbound Interstate 80 east of Interstate 55, according to the Will County Coroner’s office.
Juarez-Del Angel was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, police said.
Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Bill Fuentes said a 1999 Kia Sportage SUV driven by Aaron Pointer, 42, was traveling on the ramp from northbound I-55 to eastbound I-80 when it lost control, fishtailed and struck the motorcycle.
“He evidently was taking the curve too fast,” Fuentes said of the driver.
Pointer was ticketed for driving on a suspended license, improper lane use and operating an uninsured vehicle, police said.
Fuentes said Pointer was also taken to Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center with minor injuries.
Say What
9:06 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Did the police specifically say this guy had no insurance? I got a ticket once because I didn't have my insurance card with me but I was insured.
Springer Girl
10:10 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Really?!?!? Does that even matter?!?!? He killed a man!!!! He should have gotten way more than just a ticket!!!!
Kristine Neumann
10:51 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Springer Girl: I'm sure more charges will be coming out on this. He should not have been behind the wheel when he had a suspended license but who can stop these people? He'll probably be out driving again very soon.
Infamous Steve
5:00 pm on Sunday, June 10, 2012
Well if hes out on the street theres not much to stop him from driving.
QUEEN
4:57 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
OMG I can´t belived he had only 25 years.
Mz Ivy
10:27 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Really Sad that you can kill someone and just walk away, but the sure thing is that GOD won't let him or anyone who comforts him rest in peace, not until he makes peace with GOD for the life he carelessly took and I'm sure he was drunk and or high.