“The Breathalyzer test administered eight hours after the crash showed Ardelean was well below that level at the time.”
Thanks I just read the original story from the Trib instead of just the summary. But quite frankly what is ALSO not in the summary was that the deceased blew through a stop sign and also had been drinking that night. In addition the article stated that the officer was traveling at 60mph( doesn’t say what was the posted speed limit on that road)and after passing another driver was back in his legal lane and had the legal right of way. Since he wasn’t charged with speeding(the article is mum on that), one would have to assume that the one and only charge could only have been a DUI. I don’t know if Illinois law permits the extrapolation of BAC levels modified by the time of the test since alcohol metabolization is pretty standard. So basically you have two drunk dead guys in a car that blew through a stop sign and were t-boned by another car.
Seems like the prosecutors came to a pretty rational decision based on what I am reading.