A Palos Hills motorist was charged with drunken driving after the car he was driving crashed into a cement flowerpot barrier, critically injuring a passenger, in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge community, police said.
Felony charges are still possible, according to police.
David Czaja, 23, was driving north on Cicero Avenue when he lost control and the vehicle struck a cement flowerpot barrier near 56th Street about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Czaja, of the 10400 block of South Aspen Drive, was ticketed for DUI and failure to reduce speed, police said.
Czaja was initially taken in serious condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. A passenger in the vehicle, a man in his 20s, was taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center with head injuries, police said.
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating.
Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services