Man Charged With DUI In Crash That Killed Beer Truck Worker

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 21, 2012 5:50PM

A Blue Island man has been charged with DUI in a crash yesterday that led to the death of a beer truck worker who was unloading deliveries. Walter Thompson, crashed into a CTA bus on the 1500 block of West 115th Street around 3 p.m. yesterday, then tried to run from the crash scene on foot. Thompson's Hyundai Santa Fe then hit Charles Kimbrough, who was pinned between the car and the bus.

Kimbrough was pronounced dead at 3:53 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Thompson was caught, arrested and charged with DUI, driving on a revoked/suspended license, and three separate tickets for leaving the scene of an accident, and could face other charges pending an investigation by the Major Accident Investigation Unit. The crash caused a chain reaction crash that sent five vehicles slamming into each other and nearby pedestrians.