A man who’s charged with driving drunk and causing a car crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway in which his young son was killed was ordered held Wednesday on $250,000 bond.
Franklin L. Jackson, 46, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence in the crash Sunday afternoon that claimed the life of 4-year-old Franklin Leon Jackson Jr., the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
The boy, who authorities say was not belted in, was ejected from the Ford Expedition through a back window in the crash, which happened at 4:20 p.m. in the northbound lanes near 87th Street.
The 4-year-old, who lived in League City, Texas, died of head trauma, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Four other passengers in the sport-utility vehicle weren’t injured —- a 1-year-old boy; a 2-year-old boy; a 3-month-old girl and a 23-year-old woman believed to be the children’s mother.
Man Charged With DUI in Crash That Killed Son
Franklin Leon Jackson Jr., 4, was ejected during Sunday afternoon crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway
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