Illinois: DUI Chicago DJ Lego took a trip on the highway and through a guard rail; killed gal pal Claudia Beruben

DJ Lego booze cruise killed Claudia Beruben on Lake Shore Drive crash onto frozen pond

Charges filed against DJ who flipped car onto frozen pond and killed young mother

From Chicago Pride

DJ Lego, who was seriously hurt after flipping a car onto a frozen pond Monday, held a nearly two-decade residency at Boom Boom Room and a short stint at Boystown’s Hydrate Nightclub.

Claudia Beruben died here with DJ Lego DUI Chicago 012115 Photo courtesy ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago, IL — A well-known Chicago DJ has been charged in a fatal crash where his car veered off Lake Shore Drive early Monday, crashing and flipping on a frozen pond in Lincoln Park leaving one dead.

The driver Rafael Rodriguez, 42, was charged with driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license and failure to reduce speed, according to NBC Chicago.

Rodriguez was taken in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Lakeview where he remains in police custody. He is more commonly known in Chicago as DJ Lego, a DJ at the now-shuttered “Boom Boom Room” and Hydrate Nightclub in 2004 ….MORE

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