A party bus driver has been sentenced to two years in prison for crashing into 18 vehicles near Wrigley Field three summers ago. And, because Gregory Baldwin was home on bail while his case was pending, he will actually spend half of his sentence in a real prison.
Baldwin, 48, dropped off his passengers at the ballpark on a Saturday afternoon in August 2022 and made his way through traffic that was especially congested because the annual Northalsted Market Days street festival was underway in Boystown.
Prosecutors said he was driving the party bus north on Broadway near Cornelia when he drove around a backup and headed into oncoming traffic, even as a witness tried to get him to stop…