UPDATED: Drunken Driving Charged In Toys-For-Tots Biker Death
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Drunken Driving Charged In Toys-For-Tots Biker Death
Driver Of Car Was Injured
UPDATED: 2:20 PM CST December 6, 2004
CHICAGO -- A 74-year-old man was cited Monday for drunken and negligent driving in an accident that killed a DuPage County correctional officer riding a motorcycle in the Toys for Tots charity parade on the Northwest Side over the weekend.
Images: Toys For Tots Biker Death
Arcirio Rodriguez, of West Wilson Avenue, who was critically injured in the accident, was also ticketed for failure to yield the right away and failure to stop at a stop sign, according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.
The motorcyclist, Frank Griseto, 55, was struck at around 10:30 a.m. Sunday near Cornelia and Western avenues, according to Greer. He had been a correctional officer at the DuPage County Jail since Oct. 27, 2003, according to DuPage County spokeswoman Carol Roegner.
Griseto was riding his motorcycle as part of the Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade, according to police News Affairs Officer Patrice Harper.
Rodriguez reportedly ran a stop sign with his four-door Toyota when he made a left turn onto Western Avenue, Greer said. No other vehicles were damaged, she added.
Rodriguez remained in critical condition early Monday at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Greer said.
The 27th Annual Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade began at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at 83rd Street and Western Avenue, then traveled north along Western Avenue to Foster Avenue, the release stated.
The event collects toys to distribute to needy children in the Chicago area.
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