Chicago Aggravated DUI Crash Kills Addison Motorcyclist on DuSable Lake Shore Drive

Driver charged after late-night collision on South DuSable Lake Shore Drive

CHICAGO, Illinois — A 25-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with aggravated DUI after police said her car struck a motorcycle on South DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Wednesday night, killing a 49-year-old woman from Addison.

Miracle Hall was charged Friday with one felony count of aggravated driving under the influence causing death, according to police. She also faces misdemeanor counts alleging DUI with a blood-alcohol concentration of at least 0.08 and DUI involving alcohol, along with multiple traffic citations.

The fatal Chicago aggravated DUI crash occurred at about 11 p.m. in the 400 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, according to a Chicago traffic crash report. Witnesses told investigators that Hall was driving south at a high rate of speed when her Ford Fusion rear-ended the motorcycle.

The impact threw the motorcyclist from the bike and left her in the roadway, police said. The motorcycle became lodged beneath the Ford, which then caught fire, crossed the median and came to a stop facing northbound traffic in the 500 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

Witness reported driver pouring liquid into Lake Michigan

An off-duty Chicago Police Department officer rushed to help the injured motorcyclist after the collision, the report said. During that response, a witness told police that the driver got out of the Ford carrying what appeared to be a glass bottle, ran toward Lake Michigan and poured its contents into the water before returning to the vehicle.

The Addison woman, whose name had not been released in the information provided by authorities, was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She was pronounced dead at 11:52 p.m., officials said.

A Friday autopsy found that she died from multiple injuries suffered in the crash, and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death an accident.

Hall was arrested at the scene at 11:36 p.m., according to the crash report. A breath test allegedly measured her blood-alcohol concentration at 0.10. Illinois law sets the legal threshold for alcohol impairment while driving at 0.08.

The case underscores the potentially catastrophic consequences of impaired driving on Chicago’s lakefront corridors, where high speeds and heavy traffic can leave riders especially vulnerable in rear-end crashes. The criminal charges remain allegations, and Hall is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

Hall was scheduled for a detention hearing Saturday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse. The Chicago Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Unit is continuing to investigate the fatal crash.