Two injured in alleged DUI crash near Penfield - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
PENFIELD - A Potomac man remained hospitalized Saturday morning in critical condition with injuries he received in a single-car crash when his apparently drunken friend ran off the road. Jeff Vercler said Gabriel Pearman, 22, of Potomac, was a passenger in a car driven by Adrian Paz-Williams, 22, of Gifford. Just after 1:30 a. m. Saturday, two young women saw the crashed car on County Road 2700 E near 2850 N. That's about a half-mile south of Penfield. Deputies determined the 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier was headed north on 2700 E when Paz-Williams left the road to the west, went down in a ditch and struck a culvert. Vercler said it was unclear when the crash happened but he said the road is heavily traveled. Paz-Williams and Pearman had to be cut out of the car. Pearman was airlifted to Carle Foundation Hospital while Paz-Williams was taken there by ambulance. Vercler said tests done on Paz-Williams at the hospital revealed he had a blood-alcohol content of about 0. 28 percent, more than three times the limit for a motorist to be presumed intoxicated under Illinois law. He was issued tickets at the hospital for driving under the influence and improper lane usage, Vercler said. To post comments, you must first be a registered user, and your username will appear with any comment you post. Source: www.news-gazette.com
