Close-knit family mourns double loss
Rockford Register Star, rrstar.com Staff Reports
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Aaron Bachman |
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Daniel "D.J." Bachman |
ROCKFORD — The Bachman kids — DJ, Kori and Aaron — were smart. Close as siblings, and each with their own individual sense of humor.
Saturday (January 14, 2006) started as a typical night for them. Kori volunteered to drive to Rockford to pick up an ingredient needed for their mom's Sunday dinner. Her brothers decided to go along.
On the way back to their Winnebago home, the car collided with a Winnebago County sheriff's squad at Weldon Road and West State Street. Aaron, 21, and DJ, 15, died at the scene. Kori, 19, was airlifted to Rockford Memorial Hospital, where she remains in a medically induced coma. (Kori has permanent brain damage.)
Officer Boomer’s attorneys maintain the deputy was on his way to an emergency call and had the right of way at the intersection.
The Bachmans’ attorneys said Boomer was responding to a non-emergency call, did not activate his emergency lights and was traveling more than 100 mph at the time of the accident.
Deputy cleared in fatal-crash case, July 30, 2008
The following articles are from the RRStar, the Frank Bachman's family local newspaper:
‘Bachman’s Law’ passes first hurdle, March 12, 2009
Older articles; news stories may not be available:
Close-knit family mourns double loss, Jan 17, 2006
Sister in crash that killed two brothers remains 'critical'
Police officials have not said where the deputies in the squad car involved were headed, Jan 18, 2006
Two brothers died when their vehicle was hit by a police cruiser, Feb. 22, 2006.
Police policy at issue after cruiser collision, March 26, 2006
County: Cop on way to 'emergency'
Sheriff's officials first indicated that the deputy involved in a fatal crash was en route to a 'nonemergency,' March 31, 2006
County seeks limits on comments on collision lawsuit, April 04, 2006
Attorneys' outside comments on deputy crash case allowed, April 08, 2006
Bachman case conflict could head to state, April 24, 2006
Deputy's car's 'black boxes' to be studied, Sep 29, 2006
Deputy mum in court on fatal crash, Nov 04, 2006
Deputy must talk to victims' lawyer, Oct 06, 2006
Deputy indicted over 2006 crash that killed Bachman brothers, Oct 23, 2007
Officers not above the law, Oct 25, 2007
Bachman civil suit marches on, Oct 25, 2007
County seeks limits on comments on collision lawsuit, Jan 12, 2007
New year brings new lawsuits in fatal collision, Jan 12, 2007
Bachman civil suit marches on, Oct 25, 2007
Deputy not at fault, Letter to the Editor, Nov 08, 2007
Jurors in deputy's double-fatal accident to visit crash site during the day, not night, July 15, 2008
Mom recalls last time she saw her children before crash involving deputy, July 16, 2008
Deputy didn't sign statement in double-fatal crash---Prosecutors say he was going faster than 100 mph in a 55 mph zone, July 17, 2008
Testimony in Boomer case wraps up, July 18, 2008
Deputy trial closing arguments, July 22, 2008
Siren, light use left to individual agencies' discretion, July 24, 2008
Deputy returns to former job after acquittal in fatal-crash case, July 29, 2008
Deputy cleared in fatal-crash case, July 30, 2008
Tell us what you think about deputy’s fatal-crash case, proposed law, Aug 13, 2008
Bill inspired by fatal crash here reaches state committee, Sept. 24, 2008