{"id":142726,"date":"2025-08-13T15:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/142726\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:40:11","slug":"cook-county-man-arrested-5-months-after-fatal-dui-crash-in-chicago-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/142726\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County man arrested 5 months after fatal DUI crash in Chicago, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A Westchester man has been charged in a fatal DUI crash earlier this year on Chicago&#8217;s West Side that left one man dead and another injured, according to Chicago police.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Police say Maximino Rivera, 42, was driving while intoxicated on March 8 in the 1500 block of North Central Avenue when he struck another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The crash injured a 59-year-old man in the other vehicle and killed a 41-year-old passenger riding with Rivera.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/maximino-rivera.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">On Wednesday, Rivera was arrested in the 1700 block of South State Street and charged with the following:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">One felony count of aggravated DUI involving death<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">One felony count of aggravated DUI involving bodily harm<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">A traffic citation for disobeying a traffic control device<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">A traffic citation for failing to reduce speed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">It&#8217;s unclear why there was a five-month gap between the crash and the arrest.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The identity of the passenger who died is unknown at this time.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Rivera&#8217;s detention hearing was scheduled for Wednesday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this article was provided by the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; 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