Palos Heights Man Faces Drunken Driving Charges After Hitting Wall At Restaurant

A Palos Heights man faces drunken driving charges after police said he left the scene of an accident and was found later passed out behind the wheel of his car on his girlfriend’s driveway on Dec. 12.

Christopher Oleskiewicz, 20, was charged with driving under the influence and operating an uninsured vehicle.

responded to a hit and run crash at TGI Friday’s at 5420 W. 95th St. A resident who called 911 reported hearing a loud crash around 4:49 a.m. and seeing a small silver car backing away from the wall that closes off traffic on 54th Court.

Police said the restaurant lot was covered with rubble and scattered landscaping. From the wreckage, police were able to determine that the car involved was a Toyota, which most likely sustained heavy front-end damage.

While investigating the large hole in the wall, police received a call of a crash on the 9800 block of South 54th Avenue.

Reports said that Oleskiewicz’s girlfriend called police after she found her boyfriend passed out in the car on the driveway.

When police arrived, they discovered a Toyota Corolla with heavy damage to its front end. Officers said the engine was running and Oleskiewicz was asleep inside the car that had a deployed air bag.

Police said when they woke the man up he was barely coherent. Paramedics from the treated Oleskiewicz on the scene and helped him walk to a waiting ambulance, reports said.

The girlfriend told police that Oleskiewicz left the house around 2:30 a.m. to go his job at a local tavern to stock the bar for the next day. Around 3:10 p.m., he texted his girlfriend telling her he would be home in 10 minutes, police said.

At 4:46 a.m. when he still hadn’t come home, she called Oleskiewicz to see where he was but he didn’t answer. Police said that when she found Oleskiewicz in the driveway around 5 a.m., she called 911.

Oleskiewicz was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center when police were unable to awaken him. While undergoing a medical procedure, blood was drawn and Oleskiewicz’s blood-alcohol content was determined to be .207, police said.

Police again tried to awaken Oleskiewicz in the emergency room. As he slept, an officer read him the motorist’s warning for the blood draw, reports said.

Oleskiewicz’s mother was able to get him to become alert enough to refuse the blood draw. She provided police with her son’s current insurance card after being told of the charges.

Oleskiewicz was released from Advocate Christ later in the day and he was taken to the Oak Lawn police station where he posted bond. His next court date is Jan. 18.