Suburban man charged in fatal DUI crash

By Adam Chappelle, WLS-AM 890 News
(CHICAGO) A 41-year-old man has been charged in a DUI crash that killed a 31-year-old man and his daughter in south suburban Chicago Heights Sunday morning.

Police say Bill Brown was behind the wheel of a Nissan that T-boned a BMW near Chicago Road and Lincoln Highway around 8 a.m. Sunday. After the collision, the BMW burst into flames. Witnesses rushed to rescue the people inside, but were only able to save three children from the backseat.

The 41-year old man, identified by police as Jose Juan Romero, and his daughter, Maritza Romero, were pronounced dead at the scene.