Updated: Glenview Man Dies After Motorcycle Crash

Updated on Friday 9:20 a.m.

Written by Pam DeFiglio. 

A Glenview man who crashed his motorcycle Wednesday on Golf Road in Morton Grove has died of his injuries, Morton Grove Police announced.

Carl Robello died at 1:27 a.m. in the surgical intensive care unit at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, police said.

The crash occurred when Robello was heading east on Golf near Oleander when he lost control and struck a utility pole, said Morton Grove Police Commander Paul Yaras. The motorcycle continued on for a while before stopping.

Police charged him with DUI, and were investigating the crash. They had planned to wait for him to be released from the hospital before bringing any further charges, Yaras said. 

Original Story

A Glenview man was seriously injured after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a light pole Wednesday morning; police say the 24-year-old man was driving under the influence of alcohol and hit a curb near Oleander Avenue in Morton Grove, Glenview Announcement reported.

Morton Grove Cmdr. Paul Yaras says police found Carl Robello near the pole but the motorcycle was found several blocks down the street and that the bike was “traveling at a high, unsafe rate of speed,” the newspaper reported.

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