Fox River Grove teen accused of DUI in fatal McHenry crash will remain behind bars

An 18-year-old man accused of being intoxicated during a crash that killed two other young people in McHenry has been ordered to be held in jail pending his trial on aggravated DUI charges.

Authorities said Jason K. Land, a Fox River Grove resident and Johnsburg High School graduate, had a serum alcohol content of .35 when the crash occurred early Monday morning, killing a 19-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy, who were siblings.

The legal threshold for blood-alcohol concentration in Illinois is .08.

At Land’s initial court appearance in McHenry County on Tuesday, Judge Cynthia Lamb, in deciding to detain him pretrial, said he ran a red light and crashed into the other vehicle as it was turning left.

Assistant State’s Attorney Daniel Conroy said Land was unable to tell authorities at the scene where he was coming from or going.

Land’s license had been suspended in Ohio in April for having driven 15 mph over the limit in that state, according to prosecutors.

Land, dressed in jail garb, dropped his head when the judge’s ruling to detain him came down.

His attorney, George Kililis, sought to allow Land to be free while awaiting trial, saying he would have family supervision.

Kililis said Land graduated early from Johnsburg High because of his good grades. After that, he and a friend moved to Ohio to try to start a car detailing business, according to Kililis.

The intersection where the crash happened – Richmond and McCullom Lake roads – was closed for several hours on Monday while the fatal crash was investigated.