A former Joliet police officer was found not guilty of aggravated DUI in connection to a 2020 crash that left an off-duty officer dead.
police officer was found not guilty of aggravated DUI in connection to a 2020 crash that left an off-duty officer dead. The deadly crash happened onZilka, a 6-year veteran with Joliet Police Department, was originally charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence after crashing her Dodge Durango into a stationary box truck that was blocking two right lanes of traffic following an earlier crash with a pickup truck.
A veteran Joliet police officer faces a DUI charge after a Sunday crash on Interstate 55 near Plainfield that killed her passenger, a Berwyn police officer., 33, was a 10-year veteran with Berwyn police. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Schauer was also off-duty at the time. Jeff Tomczak, Zilka's attorney, said she "came upon" an earlier accident in a "darkened" part of the road before crashing.
Her attorneys argued that there was poor visibility the night of the crash while prosecutors say she was drinking. Zilka's blood-alcohol level tested just under the legal limit two hours after the crash. The judge said it was a tough decision. "Her reaction time was exactly the same as a sober, normal individual which I think led the court to believe that even at the very moment of the accident she was driving under ordinary conditions," Tomczak said. "Nobody won in this situation," Zilka said.
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