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Motorist was intoxicated during fatal wrong way wreck on South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, police say

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Faymond Johnson has been charged with aggravated DUI and reckless homicide following a fatal wrong-way crash on South DuSable Lake Shore Drive. The collision resulted in the death of a woman on Sunday night.

A man was charged with a fatal wrong way crash that left a woman dead Sunday night on South DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Faymond Johnson, 33, was charged with aggravated DUI resulting in accidental death, reckless homicide with a motor vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol, Chicago police said. Johnson, of North Lawndale, was arrested less than an hour after police identified him as the person who had been driving a black SUV on the wrong side of the drive when he struck a white sedan…

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