No ticket issued in McCullom Lake crash

Gus Philpott
Woodstock Advocate
April 19, 2011

Will it surprise you to learn that no ticket was issued in the crash last Thursday night in McCullom Lake?

According to information this morning from the McCullom Lake Police Department, the McHenry County Sheriff's Department deputy who investigated the crash did not issue a ticket.

The crash occurred with Officer Mike Gneuchtel was making a U-turn on McCullom Lake Road to run down a suspected speeder. The crash involved the squad car and, according to a newspaper article, a Dodge Intrepid.

OK, so now I'm curious about how the crash occurred. A FOIA request has been filed with the sheriff's department to learn the details and the name(s) of the deputy(ies) involved in investigating it.

Hey, maybe no one was at fault. Maybe both cars were just sitting there and, the next thing the drivers knew, the cars were rubbing up against one another. Bingo, no tickets.

Or maybe not.