Drunk Man Causes 3-Vehicle Crash: Police

A 32-year-old Aurora man has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in connection with a serious crash the night of Nov. 28 that seriously injured a 42-year-old woman and closed a main city thoroughfare for more than four hours, according to a release from the Aurora Police Department.

Jesus Quintanilla, of the 900 block of Autumn Lane, was also charged with driving on a revoked license, improper lane usage, not wearing a seat belt and failure to reduce speed to avoid a crash.

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Aurora Police Traffic Investigators say enhanced charges are possible.

Quintanilla was driving his 2006 Mercedes R350 northbound on North Lake Street (Illinois Rt. 31), just past West Indian Trail Road at around 7:45 p.m., when he went into the southbound lanes and hit a 2008 Chrysler Sebring head-on. The force of the crash pushed the Sebring, which was being driven by the 42-year- old woman from Aurora, backwards into a southbound 2011 Ford Edge being driven by a 56-year-old Oswego man.

When officers arrived, the engine of the Mercedes was on fire. Quintanilla was pulled from the vehicle by responding police and fire personnel. He was taken to an Aurora hospital for treatment of critical, but apparent not life-threatening injuries. The woman, who had to be extricated from her vehicle, was initially treated at an Aurora hospital and then transported to a suburban hospital for serious, but apparent non-life threatening injuries. Both were traveling alone in their respective cars.

Neither the driver of the Ford, nor his 56-year-old wife, required medical attention.

Lake Street, between Indian Trail and Sullivan Road, was closed until about 12:20 a.m., Sunday while police investigated.