The Chicago Tribune reported that the University of North Texas is claiming that 16,141 people were killed in car accidents caused by text messaging while driving in the five years between 2002 and 2007. Our Chicago accident lawyers frequently report on the dangers of distracted driving, and particularly text messaging…
El Sun-Times informo que hubíeron heridas múltiples el sábado por la tarde en un choque en Chicago de carro vs. autobús de CTA en el lado sur. El accidente de automóvil de Illinois ocurrió cuando el conductor de un 1993 Buick Park Avenue choco el autobus por de tras. El…
The Sun-Times is reporting that there were multiple injuries on Saturday afternoon in a Chicago car vs. CTA bus crash on the South Side. The Illinois motor vehicle accident occurred when the driver of a 1993 Buick Park Avenue rear-ended a bus. The accident happened around 12:45 PM at 66th…
Despite the historic drop in traffic fatalities, distracted driving remains the third-leading cause of Chicago car accidents and traffic accidents nationwide, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The other day I was cut off in Chicago traffic while I was getting on to the highway by a woman…
Illinois car crash attorneys from Abels & Annes have recently filed another personal injury lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The case stems from an accident that took place on November 19, 2008 at 21 W. 95th St. in Chicago. Our clients, who were a driver and passenger…
Fewer Chicago bus accidents and trucking accidents should result from distracted driving as a result of a federal ban against text messaging that is now in place nationwide, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced at the nation’s second annual Distracted Driving Summit in Washinton, D.C. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray…
A significant reduction in the number of Chicago car accidents, as well as serious and fatal traffic accidents elsewhere in Illinois, made the state the safest it has been since 1921, according to 2009 traffic statistics released by the Illinois Department of Transportation. A total of 911 traffic fatalities were…
Illinois truck accident lawyers from Abels & Annes filed a lawsuit stemming from a truck vs. car accident that took place in Bellwood, Illinois. The accident occurred back on October 18, 2009 at the intersection of 25th and Madison. The plaintiffs (both driver and passenger) were northbound on 25th St.…
A woman from Chicago was killed a week ago Sunday in an Illinois car crash that occurred in suburban Glendale Heights, according to the Daily Herald. The accident took place around 9 PM at the intersection of Bloomingdale Road and North Avenue. The victim, Lual Mang, 67, was riding as…
The Chicago Daily Herald is reporting that a man from Carpentersville, Illinois has been arrested and is being held in jail due to his alleged involvement in a DuPage County hit-and-run car accident that occurred early on Sunday in West Chicago. The accident resulted in the death of a 27-year-old…