A Trip to Taco Bell Ends in Destruction

A Tinley Park woman is facing multiple citations, including one for drunken driving, after a trip to Taco Bell went off course.

Elizabeth N. Naegele, 19, of 17927 66th Ct. in Tinley Park, is accused of crashing into a parked car and driving into the front yard of an Oak Forest home, destroying a wooden wishing well lawn decoration on May 10.

said they responded to a single-car crash at about 2:45 a.m. in the 15000 block of Waverly Avenue. During their investigation, police determined that the green 1995 Pontiac Grand Am slammed into a car parked in a driveway, hopped a ditch and came to a stop in a nearby yard.

Naegele was bleeding from the mouth and was taken to South Suburban Hospital for treatment. There, according to police, she said she had consumed six Bud Light Lime bottles and several shots of vodka. She also reportedly smelled of alcohol.

Naegele told police she climbed behind the wheel of the car to drive several of her friends to the Mexican fast-food chain restaurant.

Police said Naegele refused to take any tests for a blood-alcohol level. She was cited for failing to reduce speed to avoid a traffic crash, driving without proof of insurance, driving without a license and drunken driving.

Three other people were in the car with Naegele, according to police. One was treated for minor injuries at South Suburban Hospital and released. Another had walked down the street shortly after the crash and was stopped by Midlothian police. A third person left before Oak Forest police could speak with him. None of the passengers were cited.

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