Shane Jason Woods, 44, of Auburn, was charged in an indictment returned by a Sangamon County grand jury with first-degree murder, according to prosecutors.
He’d previously been held on $2 million bail on charges of reckless homicide, aggravated DUI causing death, and DUI, following the Nov. 8 wreck, which happened on southbound I-55 in Springfield, according to an Illinois State Police report.
Federal prosecutors in Washington filed a motion to revoke Woods’ bond on Wednesday, citing the first-degree murder charge, court records show.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.
Woods had been free on bond pending that hearing. On the evening of the crash, state troopers were called to a vehicle on fire with someone trapped inside, a police report said. Just prior to the crash, a trooper had pulled over a black 2018 GMC pickup on I-55, and the trooper had “detected the odor of alcoholic beverage” coming from Woods, the report said.
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