Think DUIs only happen at 2 am? Think again

An Aurora man has been charged with DUI after losing control of his vehicle and hitting three teenagers on a sidewalk. The incident happened Saturday afternoon. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Uriel Soto-Castro struck two girls ages 13 and 16 and a 15-year-old boy. The three teenagers were taken to area hospitals where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Soto-Castro was driving his vehicle on Galena Boulevard at a high rate of speed and then ran a stop sign at Hill Avenue. His vehicle then drifted off the road and he struck the teens. He continued west on Galena and struck a pickup with a snowplow attached that was in the driveway of a Galena Boulevard business. The force of the crash caused the car to stop at which time Castro-Soto attempted to flee on foot but he was stopped by the owner of the pickup and a passenger who detained him until police arrived.

Soto-Castro faces the following charges:

- aggravated DUI
- not having a driver's license
- disobeying a stop sign
-failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident