Man pleads guilty to aggravated DUI for crash that killed his passenger
A Lake in the Hills man who was driving 124 mph just seconds before crashing his car on I-90, killing a passenger, has pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI ‒ accident causing death.
Anthony Curtin, 21, of the 5600 block of Danbury Circle, pleaded guilty on April 12, according to Kane County court records.
A charge of reckless homicide was dropped.
Curtin accepted a sentence of five years in prison.
The Sept. 3, 2022, crash killed 19-year-old Jacob Martinez from Lake in the Hills.
At a bail hearing in December 2022, a prosecutor said Curtin had a blood-alcohol level of .096. The legal threshold is .08. He also had 12.1 nanograms per deciliter of THC in his blood. The legal threshold for that is 5 nanograms.
The crash happened on Route 47 near Huntley. Curtin was changing lanes to exit the tollway, but his car rolled over. Martinez was ejected.
Curtin must serve 85% of his sentence before being eligible for parole. He received credit for 199 days he spent in jail.