Illinois: Mishel Lame charged with DUI; killed his passenger Marion Mario Tahiraj in his BMW hell-ride

Mishel Lame DUI fatal charges. The scene of a multiple-vehicle crash in the 5100 block of North Nagle Avenue on Jan. 18, 2016

Mishel Lame DUI fatal charges. The scene of a multiple-vehicle crash in the 5100 block of North Nagle Avenue on Jan. 18, 2016 photo courtesy of WGN

CHICAGO, ILL. — 01/22/2016 — A Northwest Side man has been charged with DUI in a Norwood Park crash that killed a passenger in his car, according to Chicago police.

Mishel Lame, 19, was driving a BMW coupe around 7:30 p.m. Monday when he rear-ended another car in the 5100 block of North Nagle Avenue, police said in a statement. The car was pushed into other cars, and the BMW also hit a tree, police said. 

A passenger in the BMW, Marion Mario Tahiraj, 20, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Lame was taken to the same hospital with injuries police described as not life-threatening. The driver of the other car was taken to Masonic, …MORE