In early February, Frank Caruso had been involved in a car accident, so he called his girlfriend, Cynthia Avalos, to ask her to come pick him up. Caruso, 42, was able to wait in the rear of a squad car that was one of two cars blocking two lanes of Interstate 290, when minutes later, the car was struck by another vehicle. According to officials, the driver admitted to drinking that night.When Avalos arrived on the scene, she was told to go to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital where she soon found out that her boyfriend of two years had been pronounced dead. The next day, DuPage County Judge Brian …