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William Andrews was driving northbound on Western Avenue on Feb. 11, 2007 when his car collided with a pickup truck driven by defendant Luis Chavez. Chavez ran the red light while travelling westbound on 139th<\/sup> Street in Blue Island<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andrews, 28, sustained a closed head injury with a brain bleed resulting in short-term memory loss, personality changes, uncontrolled emotions and mood swings, and a loss of his job as a cable installer for Comcast. He claimed inability to ever work again.<\/p>\n

Luis Chavez was an undocumented Mexican national who did not have a valid driver\u2019s license. After the crash, Chavez fled the scene on foot and was later convicted of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury.<\/p>\n

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William Andrews was driving northbound on Western Avenue on Feb. 11, 2007 when his car collided with a pickup truck driven by defendant Luis Chavez. Chavez ran the red light while travelling westbound on 139th Street in Blue Island. 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