Boy, 8, in medically induced coma after drunk driver hits him outside his home on Eastgrove Road in Riverside, Illinois

An 8-year-old boy is now in a medically-induced coma after police say a drunk driver struck him outside his home in suburban Riverside.Police responded to reports of a child struck by a vehicle in the 300-block of Eastgrove at 5:01 p.m. Officials say the accident happened right in front of the boy's home, and his father ran outside as soon as he was struck. Police say she was crying and that she admitted to hitting the child; she failed all subsequent sobriety tests. Investigators say they later learned that she had drank alcohol while taking care of an elderly individual in La Grange Park and again while visiting a friend in Oak Park. Police say she also had open alcohol in the car.The woman, who has been identified as 66-year-old Cynthia Grosse, has been charged with aggravated felony DUI involving great bodily harm, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, transportation of open alcohol and another pending DUI charge.

Felony drunk driving charges have been filed against a 66-year-old woman who allegedly spent the day drinking on Monday, and then struck an 8-year-old boy riding his bike. She also allegedly admitted drinking more beer as she drove home, before striking the child in Riverside. '€œThis female had been drinking all day, by her own admission. I mean, when she struck the boy, she did stop, but she was really quite out of it,'€ Weitzel said. The boy was riding his bicycle in front of his home in the 300 block of Eastgrove Road in Riverside around 5 p.m.