DUI driver sentenced to 16 years in prison

By Erik Ricasa

Published on July 22, 2005

Igor Kazakovs was driving drunk at 5:45 in the morning on New Year's Day when his Audi collided with a taxicab on Chicago's North Side,

The accident killed 28-year-old passenger Brian Schultz and cabdriver Frank Frempong. Kazakovs later tested in at 0.25 percent blood-alcohol level, three times the legal limit in Illinois.

Kazakovs pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence in the two deaths in exchange for the 16-year sentence.

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