BY DAVE PARRO
The driver in the Oswego crash initially told police she wasn't behind the wheel when her car crashed into a telephone pole, ultimately killing five teenage passengers. She later changed her story, claiming she let the teens use her car and took over because she didn't like the way one of the kids was driving.
There's still a lot here we don't know, but this adds a new twist to the events of that tragic night. Vasquez claims the teens approached her for a ride home after a party. She told police she let them use her car, despite not knowing any of them, but that "James" was originally driving and she was a passenger. James McGee, who died more than a week after the accident, was only 14 years old.
It's possible that McGee was driving because he was sober. We don't know his blood-alcohol level at the time of the accident because he died in Cook County, which doesn't do inquests. Vasquez said she "didn't want to drive" but switched with McGee because she "didn't like the way James was driving." Maybe it's because he didn't know how.
