Passengers in a car that crashed on the Kennedy Expressway this weekend, killing a 23-year-old woman, screamed for the driver to slow down before the accident, but the Northwest Side man just keep speeding through traffic, prosecutors said today.
Pavlo Lulak, 24, had a blood-alcohol content of .207, more than twice the legal limit, when he crashed his 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer near the Armitage Avenue exit after a night of drinking at a party and a nightclub, prosecutors said today. Killed was Maryana Holovii, 23, of west suburban Medinah, who was sitting on the lap of one of Lulak's six other passengers in the back seat of the car.
After the club, Lulak and the people he was with got into his car, with Holovii sitting in the lap of another passenger who was sitting behind Lulak. Lulak got on the expressway, and "was speeding and driving erratically," prosecutors said.
"The passengers in the car screamed at (him) to slow down, but he refused," prosecutors said.
The car went into the far left lane, then cut off an off-duty Chicago police officer who was driving in the middle, lane, hitting the officer's SUV in the front bumper and sending the blue Mitsubishi out of control about 4:20 a.m. Sunday.
Off Duty OK After Weekend Crash
They certainly kept this one under wraps: