Woman charged in Lower Wacker crash that killed her 1-year-old daughter
A woman has been charged with driving while high and drunk and causing a crash Friday on Lower Wacker Drive that ejected and killed her 1-year-old daughter.
Adreannia Donaldson, 29, began the night hanging out with her boyfriend and ingesting marijuana before leaving to get something to eat at Subway, Cook County prosecutors said Sunday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.
Just after 1 a.m., Donaldson was driving on Lower Wacker when she failed to yield to traffic while turning left at Garvey Court and struck an oncoming vehicle, Assistant State’s Attorney Britt Steinberg said.
Donaldson’s daughter, 23-month-old Amaria Glenn, was ejected from the car and killed, police and the medical examiner’s office said. The girl had been wearing a seat belt but was not secured in a car seat, Steinberg said.
Donaldson was taken to Northwestern
Memorial Hospital, where tests showed she had cocaine, marijuana and amphetamines in her system, Steinberg said. Donaldson also had a bloodalcohol level of .083, which is slightly above the legal limit.
Donaldson, of the Gresham neighborhood, was charged with a felony count of aggravated DUI and several misdemeanors, including a child restraint violation, driving without a license, driving without insurance and failing to yield.
Judge Mary Marubio set Donaldson’s bail to $20,000.