The accident occurred about 9:20 p.m. on May 21, 2012, when Cruz was passing a SUV in a no-passing zone southbound on Beloit Road and struck a pick-up truck and collided with the SUV near Townhall Road.
All four passengers of the SUV were taken to the hospital, one of the passengers, Mary "Susie" Danielson of Poplar Grove, was paralyzed from the neck down as a result of a spinal cord injury. Another passenger, Kim Hawkinson, suffered a collapsed lung.
Cruz was a thirteen-year veteran of the Rockford Police Department who was off duty at the time of the crash. He is no longer with the Department.Cruz is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. on May 15. Aggravated driving under the influence is a class 4 felony with special sentencing guidelines punishable by up to 12 years in prison.
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