drunk driving

A Joliet man suspected of drunk driving caused a crash that injured his child, and then took the boy to a store where he dropped him off following the collision, according to law enforcement.

Sheila Lockwood carries the insurmountable grief of losing a child to a drunk driver. But she has channeled that grief into a tireless effort to reform DUI laws. And some of that work may be paying off.

Sheila Lockwood says she never intended to be an activist. But the suburban Chicago mother was thrust into that role when her son Austin was killed in a drunk driving accident in Wisconsin two years ago. “Your life is turned upside down after a crash like this,” she said. “And the person who murdered your loved one just goes on…

The email was enough to stop any seasoned reporter in his tracks. “My name is Sheila Lockwood,” it began. “On June 10, 2018, I was sentenced to life without my oldest son, Austin Lee Lockwood.” Austin Lockwood was just 23 years old when he volunteered to help a friend of a friend spruce up his cabin in upstate Wisconsin. That…