Authorities have identified a 48-year-old woman who was struck and killed by a speeding pontoon boat on the Fox River over the weekend.
According to authorities, Des Plaines resident Magdalena Jablonska was killed on Saturday when a boat speeding down the river struck her boat while it was sitting on a dock in the river in Des Plaines.
According to the McHenry County coroner, Jablonska suffered blunt force injuries to her body and head, and an official cause of death has yet to be released.
45-year-old Lisle resident Richard Stevenson was arrested and charged with multiple felonies after the crash.
Stevenson allegedly engaged in what prosecutors described as an “alcohol-fueled trip” down the Fox River Saturday, exceeding speeds of 80 miles per hour.
His pontoon boat was powered by three outboard motors when it struck another boat at a dock. The pontoon apparently went up and over the other boat, striking Jablonska in the head and decapitating her, according to officials.
Prosecutors called Stevenson a “ticking time bomb that went off last Saturday.”
They also said witnesses described how he had picked up a bucket of Fireball whisky bottles and was drinking them as he drove. He allegedly stopped later at a bar for two more shots.
They say that after the crash, Stevenson admitted to another witness that he was drinking and that his life was over. He stayed on the scene and was later taken to a hospital where he allegedly refused blood and urine tests, according to prosecutors.
Stevenson is now facing one count of reckless homicide and two counts of aggravated driving. According to court records, he has a long criminal history dating back more than 20 years, including two previous DUI convictions, three reckless driving convictions, three fleeing and eluding police convictions and four misdemeanor speeding convictions.
Stevenson was ordered detained pretrial.
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