No Charges Will Be Filed in Fatal Glenview Garbage Truck Accident

After a 3-week investigation, police have said no charges or citations will be filed in collection with the crash in October that left three people dead. The October 15 accident killed three Chicago residents, Won Suk Lim, 56, his wife Jung Ran Min, 50, and their friend Gwi Rye Kim, 65.

The victims were in a 2006 Kia SUV when it struck a Skokie-owned garbage truck at Harrison Street and Harlem Avenue. The uninjured truck driver’s name has not been released.

Jaeyoul Jung, a son of Kim’s, filed a lawsuit against the Village of Skokie after the accident, claiming the truck driver was negligent and drove “without keeping a proper and sufficient lookout.” The lawsuit also alleges the truck was driving faster than 20 miles per hour in a school zone at 12:40 pm, and alleges the driver did not beep.

Skokie officials issued a statement saying the truck “had complete right of way and entered the intersection,” and it was the passenger vehicle that violated a two-way stop sign. Eric Patt, Glenview’s attorney, said “the determination of who is at fault for liability purposes will be determined by a judge.”