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Jennifer Fernandez, Carpentersville, IL woman id as wrong way I-90 driver that killed Rolling Meadows mom & her 4 kids, of total seven killed

Two horrific crimes, a deadly car crash and threats against the LGBTQ community and their supporters were among the top suburban news stories of 2022. But not all the news was grim.

A coroner says a woman who drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois, causing a crash that killed a family of six and a 13-year-old family friend, was intoxicated at the time. McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein said Monday that 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandez of Carpentersville, who also died in the crash, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.164 percent, more than twice the legal standard for intoxication. The July 31 crash on Interstate 90 in McHenry County also killed 32-year-old Th...

A coroner says a woman who drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois, causing a crash that killed a family of six and a 13-year-old family friend, was intoxicated at the time

Jennifer Fernandez, 22, of Carpentersville, had a blood alcohol content more than double the Illinois law that defines driving under the influence.

A coroner says a woman who drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois, causing a crash that killed a family of six and a 13-year-old family...

A coroner said on Monday that the Illinois woman who killed seven people while driving the wrong way down Interstate 90 was intoxicated. The woman also died in the accident.

The woman who drove the wrong way on I-90, causing a July 31 crash that killed a Rolling Meadows family of six and a 13-year-old friend riding with them, was drunk at the time, according to the coroner.

Funeral services were held Monday for a mother, father and four children who died on their way to a vacation after their van was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 90 in McHenry County.

A visitation was held Saturday for a mother and father and their four children who died after their van was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 90 in McHenry County last month.