Penfield, IL — The authorities in Champaign County are investigating an accident from two weekends ago when a Potomac man was injured near Penfield. They said that 22-year old Gabriel Pearman was injured and taken to a hospital after the driver of the car he was riding in, 22-year old Adrian Paz-Williams, crashed.
This was along County Road 2700, just south of Penfield.
The police said that Paz-Williams was driving a Chevy Cavalier and was headed north along County Road 2700 when he lost control and swerved off to the side of the road.
His car then crashed into a culvert after driving down an embankment and into a ditch, which left his passenger Gabriel Pearman with critical injuries.
Both he and Paz-Williams were rushed to a hospital nearby, but Pearman required a medical helicopter.
At the last update, police said that Paz-Williams tested positive for alcohol in his bloodstream, with a BAC of .28%. That’s over three times what the State of Illinois considers to be “intoxicated.”
The police are now charging him with improper lane usage and DUI. Pearman’s condition was critical at the last update.
This accident happened around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, August 15, 2015.
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