A Niles woman was killed over the weekend when her car was struck by a suspected drunk driver near Wadsworth, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.
The woman, 33, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Russell Road and Frontage Road when her car was hit at about 10:15 p.m. Saturday.
Authorities have not yet released her identity.
Police said a Porsche Macan driven by a 58-year-old Addison man was westbound on Russell at high speed when it failed to slow and ran into the rear of the Chevrolet Volt in which the Niles woman was a passenger.
The force of the collision pushed the Volt into a Mercedes-Benz that was also at the stop sign.
The Volt driver, a 35-year-old man, and a 4-year-old girl, both of Niles, were brought to a hospital with what police said were serious but not life-threatening injuries.
The Mercedes-Benz driver and a passenger were also brought to a hospital with serious injuries, police said. The Porsche driver was also hospitalized with serious injuries, police said.
Speed and alcohol impairment appear to be factors in the crash, police said. The Porsche driver will likely face criminal charges after he is discharged from the hospital, police said.
