Off-duty cop charged in deadly crash

The passersby pulled on and pried at the crushed and burning vehicle's doors, trying to no avail to save the trapped motorists inside.

But a second driver who caused the fatal wreck walked away from the chaotic scene onto an expressway ramp, until a tow-truck driver and police officers stopped him, authorities said.

Now that driver, an off-duty Chicago police detective -- who sources say was drunk with a blood alcohol content three times the legal threshold -- is facing reckless homicide, DUI and other charges.

Joseph Frugoli, 41, slammed into a disabled car on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Friday, igniting the fiery crash that killed two people, authorities said. Frugoli is in police custody at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was being treated for injuries from the crash.

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[nuclearthreat545]

Dumb ass cops

[Cestro]

My cousin knew one of those guys and he wasnt in a gang

[djdynasty927]

2 gang bangers off the streets of chicago..

[ali87holla]

chg gets ur fact right he was not in a gang and if it happen to ur family than screw them but we do care life is wroth more than 50

[ali87holla]

well mia 5 if this happen to ur family than it's all good but we care so screw you and he was not in a gang so get ur facts before you talk

[chgogrl2]

Hmmmm, wut a way to remember your friends...go around defacing property with stickers and spraypaint...and now making your gangbanging thug comments, get a life and read up on all the rights a person gets with no priors, you do get bail in cases like these and if he and his family can afford to get him out, dont hate that yours couldnt.

[Camwi]

Similar thing happened in Stevens Point, WI. Stupid cop didn't stop at a stop light and ended up colliding with and killing an innocent girl, and the guy got away with it with a slap on the wrist. You KNOW if the roles were reversed, any civilian would be completely screwed.

[miamelissa5]

r.i.p evol & afrone... he will pay we will not let u down! fuck this cop he took two wounder full people from us and cops wounder y they r hated so much !!shit like this thats y ! they did not deserve to die if it was someone else who killed them they would have not had a bond but since its a PIG! its ok NO KARMA IS A BITCH AND I HOPE U NEVER SEE LIGHT U LOOK THERE FREEDOM NOW WE SHOULD TAKE YOURS! =(::::::

[KataVideo]

gosh. where do you suppose this fine public servant got the idea that he could just walk away from a flaming fatal car wreck without consequences?