In early February, one man was killed and two other people were critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. According to Illinois State Police Sergeant Robert Satkiewicz, a 51-year-old man was pinned in his parked automobile after it was struck by an elderly motorist…
Two women died recently in a single-vehicle crash in the western suburb of Lyons. According to the Lyons Fire Department, the two women were traveling in a sport utility vehicle (SUV) on Harlem Avenue in Lyons when the driver unexpectedly lost control of the vehicle. The SUV reportedly went off…
An 89-year-old Evanston man died following a one-car accident during which he crashed into a tree in Skokie. According to Skokie Fire Chief Ralph Czerwinski, the man was driving a sedan east on Dempster Street near McCormick Boulevard when he unexpectedly crossed the westbound lanes and struck a tree on…
A 20-year-old man was killed and another was hurt in a recent single-vehicle crash on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago. According to police, the night-time accident occurred when a southbound motorist attempted to pass another automobile at a high rate of speed and instead struck a light pole. The force…
A new study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal suggests that overweight and obese drivers are more likely to be killed in a traffic wreck. Because about 33 percent of adults in the United States are now considered obese, the results of the study could prompt automobile manufacturers to re-evaluate…
Two Chicago men died and a woman was critically injured in a recent head-on collision in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood neighborhood. According to Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer, the deadly accident occurred when one of the vehicles crossed the center line on West 115th Street around 2:30 in the…
Three people were killed and another was critically injured in a recent crash in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. According to Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli, a 20-year-old woman was driving a Kia Optima northbound on State Street when she lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a…
One person was hurt recently when a senior citizen reportedly drove a sedan into an Apple computer store in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The vehicle allegedly shattered the store’s glass walls before it stopped several feet inside of the business. According to Chicago Fire Department Spokesperson Joseph Roccasalva, paramedics transported…
A 28-year-old Chicago man was killed and another man was thrown from a sport utility vehicle (SUV) in a tragic one-car accident that happened in the westbound lanes of Route 30 in Matteson. According to Illinois State Police, the crash occurred just after 11 pm on a ramp from the…
A teenager was recently killed in an early morning wreck when he rear-ended a tractor-trailer on the South Side of Chicago. The 16-year-old boy was reportedly headed north in a Chevrolet Blazer around 3:45 am on South Ashland Avenue when he struck the back of a semi that was parked…