On February 21st, officers responded to
a head-on crash caused by a woman
driving the wrong way. When they try to
help her, her drunk behavior only makes
things worse.
>> Yeah. Hey, sit back. Come back here.
They got to do their job.
>> Ma'am.
>> Sit back here.
Yeah, you got to sit back here. They got
to do their job, okay?
>> Ma'am.
Ma'am. Ma'am.
Stand up.
Let's get out of the way so the rescue
can do their job, okay?
Just over here.
>> How does the old girl like you feel so
okay?
>> You have to move further, so
>> Okay.
>> You're trapped. We don't want
We don't We don't We don't want you to
get hurt so they can do their job. We
don't want you to get hurt, okay?
Just a little bit further this way.
Okay?
>> Stand up.
>> How do you stand up?
And I can do whatever you need me to do.
>> Just relax. No, you got to stand back.
Stand up right there. Do you have your
driver's license and insurance?
>> In my car.
>> Okay. What is your name?
>> Phylicia. P H Y L L I C H I A.
>> P H Y L L I C A?
>> C H I A.
>> C H I A? What's your last name,
Phylicia?
Ma'am.
What's your last name?
>> Hill. H I L L.
>> Do you have
Yes. Ma'am, what's your middle initial?
What is your middle initial?
We understand. What's your middle
initial?
>> H.
>> H?
>> G.
>> No, no. Your Your middle initial is H?
>> Is something wrong with him?
>> What's your middle name?
>> Felicia D. Hill.
>> D, okay. What's your date of birth?
>> Something's wrong with
>> Hey, ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, we need you to
sit, okay?
>> Something's wrong with
>> No, no, no, no, no. We Hey, we need you
to sit, okay?
>> They're looking after him.
>> We need you to sit down.
Sit down.
Ma'am.
Ma'am.
>> Baby.
>> Listen to me.
>> They have to They have to treat him.
>> Have a seat. Have a seat.
Have a seat.
Just Just relax.
Relax.
Relax.
No,
we're just trying to help you.
>> You're going to the hospital to see him.
Yes.
>> He's only
>> He'll be honest with you, he's at the
hospital.
>> Oh, there's nothing wrong with him.
>> Listen to me.
>> He's alive. He's He's fine.
Okay?
They're treating him.
>> What's your name?
>> Ma'am.
>> That's your goal.
>> They're treating him.
>> That's your goal, ma'am. Just relax.
>> Just relax.
>> Relax.
Take a deep breath.
>> What is your name?
What is your name?
>> Nothing's wrong with
>> Ma'am, we are taking care of him.
Felicia, can I get your date of birth?
>> My baby.
>> Stay right here.
>> Nothing's wrong with
>> They're treating him right now. He's
breathing. Can I
Can I get your date of birth? [laughter]
Tell me your date of birth, please.
>> Something's wrong with him.
>> We're trying to work with you.
>> I'm
>> Date of birth. Just tell me your date of
birth.
>> Can you try try adding her
>> I was just
Go over there.
>> We're going to ask you a lot of the same
questions.
>> What else, ma'am?
>> All right.
>> Insurance.
>> Hold on. Do you want to go to the
hospital?
>> No.
>> No? All right. I have a question for
you. How much alcohol did you drink?
>> I don't know.
>> You have a strong odor of alcohol coming
from your breath. How much did you
drink?
>> I don't know.
>> What Where Where are you coming from?
>> Um at Briana's house.
>> Who's Briana? Is she a friend?
And where Where you Where were you
headed?
>> Home.
>> Where's home?
>> I'll do it.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Where is home?
>> Highland Park.
>> Highland Park? Okay. And where does
Briana live?
Okay. No answer. Do you know what street
you're on?
>> I don't know what this street is.
>> You don't know what street this is? Do
you know what city you're in?
>> Please don't.
>> Just take a deep breath. We're figuring
this out.
Do you know what city you're in?
>> What do you mean? What do you mean
figure it out?
>> We're still trying to identify that's
her.
>> Did they say that's her?
>> I haven't heard back yet.
>> Okay. I'm sure we all need
>> No.
>> Yeah. Similar information.
>> Y'all happy birthday.
>> Later at the hospital, officers attempt
to question her again, but she's too
drunk to understand what happened and
refuses to make things easy.
>> You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be held
against you in a court of law.
You have the right to speak to an
attorney. If you cannot afford an
attorney, one will be appointed for you.
Do you understand these rights as I have
as they have been read to you? And
having these rights in mind, do you wish
to talk to us now?
>> Mhm.
>> Okay.
Okay, Felicia. I'm just going to ask you
some questions about what happened
tonight.
Can you tell me where you were coming
from earlier? You said you were at your
friend Briana's.
Okay. What was going on there?
>> I don't know.
>> Was it a birthday party?
>> It was.
>> Okay.
Did you consume alcoholic beverages
there?
>> I don't know.
>> You don't know?
>> It was.
>> Did you have anything to drink there,
any alcoholic beverages, beer, liquor,
wine?
You don't know, or you don't remember?
>> It was.
>> It was what? You did?
Okay. What
>> Funny.
>> What what?
>> It was.
>> What what trying to
>> Wait. Wait.
>> What what?
>> Let's go.
>> What did you drink there?
>> I don't know.
>> Was people Did people just pour you
drinks?
>> They might have.
>> Okay. Okay.
>> [music]
>> How about uh cannabis consumption?
>> No.
>> You didn't smoke any type of cannabis or
anything? Okay. So, was it
just people poured you drinks, so you
don't know what was in it?
>> They was pouring us drinks.
>> Okay.
>> But
>> That about how much?
What?
Um
>> Y'all seem very serious.
>> How How much We we need to
>> Very. Wait.
>> We need you to answer questions for us,
okay?
>> Oh, and I'm going to get that.
>> You You had friends pouring you drinks
at this party, you said?
>> It was.
>> Okay. What
>> But I think I need to
Uh yes.
>> Go ahead, talk.
>> You You got that.
They were
pouring my me drinks.
>> Do you know what Do you know what was in
them?
>> No.
>> No?
>> No.
>> Okay. Did it taste like alcohol, though?
>> Yes.
>> Okay, but you didn't know what it was?
>> No.
>> Okay. Do you remember how many drinks
they gave you?
Like how many of them, or did you not
keep track?
>> Did not keep track.
>> Would you say it was more than three?
>> Definitely great.
>> More than More than More than four?
>> I don't know.
>> You don't have to look at him. I'm
asking you the question.
>> Yes.
>> Was it more than four, do you think?
>> Yes.
>> More than five?
>> I don't know.
>> You don't know?
Okay, but more than we were
>> But wait. Where are we trying to get to?
>> Well, we have to figure out how much
alcohol you consumed at this party,
okay?
And you already stated to us you don't
remember what street you were on. Do you
remember even being in a car crash?
>> No.
>> You don't even remember being in a car
crash?
>> No.
>> Do you remember driving a car? Do you
remember
>> No.
>> You don't remember driving a car? Have
you ever had um Felicia
>> Wait, let's let's go get
>> Felicia
>> No.
Where did he go?
>> He's getting a chair so you can sit
down.
>> So, let's wait for him.
>> Okay. You want to wait for him?
>> Yes, I do.
>> Okay.
>> Cuz I feel like he
actually
knows
what I can do.
>> What?
Okay.
>> No.
>> Um
So, you
once again, do you remember driving a
car?
>> No.
>> Well, you were involved in a crash, and
that's why you're here, okay?
>> What crash did I
do?
>> You were in a car accident. It was a
head-on collision.
>> What was it?
>> I just explained that to you.
>> What was it?
>> You were [music] driving in the wrong
way, so you were going
>> So, what did I crash into?
>> You crashed into a a landscaping truck
that had a plow on it.
Do you know what time it is?
>> Doesn't matter. What time was it?
>> So, I
We were asking you if you know what time
it is.
>> Let me let me let me
talk to him.
>> Okay. He's going to ask you the same
question. Yeah, my partner asked you if
you know what time it is right now. Do
you?
>> No.
>> Okay. Okay. Do you know about what time
you started drinking tonight?
>> No. What what what was it?
>> Do you know what time you left the
party?
>> No.
>> Okay. You are being charged with
suspicion of DUI.
Okay?
>> Let's go.
>> So, we're going to we're going to read
you what's called a warning to motorist.
Have you ever been arrested for a DUI?
>> No.
>> Never?
>> But the fact that
your
I don't like him.
>> Perfect. He's going to read you the
warning to motorist now, okay?
>> Let's go.
>> Okay.
This is called the warning to motorist
subsequent to an arrest for driving
while under the influence of alcohol,
other drugs, or intoxicating compounds,
or in a combination thereof, DUI or
section 11-401,
leaving the scene of a fatal or personal
injury accident, you are hereby notified
that as provided in section 11-500 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, you are a
first offender unless within the last 5
years of this arrest for DUI or leaving
the scene, you have had [snorts]
a previous conviction or court-assigned
supervision for DUI or similar provision
of a local ordinance, a conviction in
any other state for DUI or similar
offense where [music] the cause of
action
>> You need to warn me too.
>> Keep reading it. Just listen. Action is
the same or substantially similar to the
Illinois Vehicle Code, or a driver's
license suspension/revocation
for violating section 11-501.1
of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except in
cases where you submitted to a chemical
test disclosing an alcohol concentration
of .08 or more or any amount of a drug,
substance, or intoxicating compound
resulting from the unlawful use or
consumption of cannabis as listed in the
Cannabis Control Act as provided under
sections 6-106.8
and 6-106.1B
of the Illinois Vehicle Code.
>> What?
>> We need your auto insurance. Is that on
your
>> You can get your auto insurance. I got
auto insurance.
>> Okay.
>> I have all that [ __ ]
>> Is it on your phone?
>> I do.
>> Okay.
You're you're text messaging, so where
is
>> I'm trying to make it
>> No, you're not you're not even you're
not even attempting to get it.
>> What do you need me to do?
>> Your auto insurance. You said you had
progressive, right?
>> I do.
>> Okay, can show us your progressive
insurance.
>> I do.
>> Okay.
>> [ __ ] What do we want progressive to do?
>> Never mind. Okay, um can we have you
sign the
>> I have progressive.
>> Well, you're not showing it to us.
>> I have progressive.
>> You're not showing us it.
>> So, what do you want progressive to do?
So
>> want progressive to do anything.
>> Listen.
You want progressive
>> to sign the warning to motorist?
>> Great.
>> Put Let's
Let's put that aside for now, okay?
>> No.
>> Okay,
do you wish to sign the warning to
motorist? Right here.
Okay, write refusal on there. We've
asked five to four five times now.
>> I'm not signing.
>> Everyone, yep, okay.
>> Refusal.
>> Okay, um will you give us a blood and
urine sample for a DUI kit?
>> I will.
>> Okay, I'll have the nurse come in and
get that from you, okay?
>> I have progressive.
>> Yes, will you look for your progressive?
>> No, I'm I'm doing what? A blood and you
what?
>> A blood and urine sample.
>> No.
>> You You refuse a blood and urine sample?
>> I will.
>> Do you want to do one or not do one?
>> I can do a blood and urine
progressive right here.
>> That's not what I'm asking you.
>> Why are you asking
>> I'm asking if you're willing to do a
blood and urine sample.
>> No.
>> Refusal. Okay, you work on your
progressive, we're going to call
>> I can do progressive right here.
>> Okay, well when you get it
>> And with my
>> When you get it, we'll we'll we'll come
back in here, okay?
>> Okay.
>> All right, thank you.
>> The suspect faces charges for DUI
resulting in severe injury and driving
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