Two new laws were passed recently to keep Chicago and Illinois residents safer when involved in auto accidents, according to the Chicago Tribune. Governor Patrick Quinn signed legislation to raise fines for improperly securing children eight years and younger in Illinois from $50 to $75. Drivers cited for repeated offenses…
A fatal Chicago car accident is being blamed on drag racing on westbound I-290, WGNTV reported. Illinois State Police report that a passenger was killed and two other motorists were injured in the crash, which occurred last Sunday about 2:40 a.m. on westbound I-290 at Oakley Boulevard. Witnesses report that…
As our Chicago accident lawyers await the release of crash statistics for 2009, we are taking a look at information released by the Illinois Department of Transportation, which provides a comprehensive review of Chicago accident data in 2008, the last year for which information is available. Chicago reported 111,693 traffic…
Police believe road rage may have been responsible for a three-vehicle Chicago car accident that occurred in suburban Maywood on Thursday night. The Sun-Times reported that two men and a woman were killed after a Honda SUV collided with a Mercedes at the intersection of First and Chicago avenues about…
A 21-year-old woman died in a Chicago car accident over the weekend after her vehicle was struck by a car fleeing police, the Breaking News Center reported. The crash occurred in the South Side’s Bronzeville neighborhood about 1:20 a.m. Saturday. The woman was sitting in a Hyundai when it was…
Officials will be out in force through the Fourth of July weekend, looking for drunk or impaired drivers and monitoring the heavy holiday traffic in an effort to reduce the number of serious and fatal Chicago car accidents. The Illinois Department of Transportation reports that it will attempt to keep…
Two teenagers died in a Chicago car accident early Monday, just a few hours after going out to celebrate one of the girls’ 18th birthday, the Tribune reported. The girls, who were best friends, were in a black four-door sedan that hit a tree in the 700 block of Sheridan…
Two women were killed in a Chicago car accident early Monday morning when their car crashed into a tree in suburban Wilmette, the Breaking News Center reported. There were other passengers in the car and at least one other person was seriously hurt in the accident, which occurred about 3…
Abogados de heridas personales en Abels & Annes han alcanzado un arreglo a favor de un médico de Illinois que fue herida en un accidente de auto en el Condado de DuPage. El choque sucedió en Liberty & Farnsworth en Aurora el 3 de Octubre de 2009. Nuestra cliente estaba…
A report by the National Safety Council, which utilized more than 30 studies regarding the dangers of distracted driving, has found that hands-free cell phone use is not safer than using a hand-held device. Our Chicago injury attorneys frequently report on the dangers of distracted driving and the use of…