Doyle v. State

OPINION

Patchett, J.

This is a claim which arose out of a traffic accident which occurred on February 5, 1987. At 3:30 p.m., the Claimant was driving home from work southbound on Illinois Route 45 north of Bourbonnais, Kankakee County, Illinois. He was driving a 1974 Chevrolet van which he had allegedly purchased two to three weeks prior to the date of the accident. The van was not yet titled in his name.

At a point approximately one-half mile north of Indian Oaks Road, his van left the highway. When asked if the road was slippery, he stated that he “fell off the edge.” He testified that he…