A 12-year-old boy was killed in a Chicago bicycle accident Sunday night after being struck by a pickup truck on the Southwest Side, the Sun-Times reported. The accident occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. in the 6000 block of South Narragansett Avenue, police reported. The boy was pronounced dead at 11:03…
A Libertyville woman faces up to 14 years in prison after admitting in court that she was driving with drugs in her system when she caused a fatal suburban Chicago Motorcycle accident. The 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty to aggravated driving under the influence in Lake County Circuit Court, according to…
Three people were killed in deadly Chicago auto accidents over the weekend. One person was killed and three others injured in a fatal Chicago car accident on Saturday night; alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash, the Breaking News Center reported. The accident occurred in northwest suburban…
The Illinois Department of Transportation and Chicago Department of Transportation have launched their version of a spring welcome with the announcement of four major road construction projects expected to cause traffic delays. Summer road construction also brings the risk of Chicago auto accidents and Chicago work injury accidents in construction…
A motorist has been charged in connection with a fatal Chicago drunk driving accident involving a semi on the near West Side, the Sun-Times reported. The car’s driver was charged with two counts of drunk driving this week, in connection with the crash, which occurred shortly after 2:30 a.m. last…
A trooper was struck during a traffic stop over the weekend and a fire department vehicle was involved in a Chicago car accident that seriously injured a pedestrian. Three people were injured in a Chicago pedestrian accident after a fire department SUV struck an elderly pedestrian in the Chicago Lawn…
Yellow lights in the city are shorter than those in the suburbs, a discrepancy that may increase the risk of a Chicago car accident, according to the Breaking News Center. As reported earlier this month on our Chicago Car Accident Lawyers blog, local law enforcement and safety advocates continue to…
A 28-year-old man was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison on Friday for a Chicago drunk driving accident that killed a local woman and seriously injured two others, the Chicago Tribune reported. The man pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated driving under the influence in connection with the…
A Chicago semi accident seriously injured four people on the Dan Ryan Expressway, according to the SouthTown Star. The accident involved two semis and a car and occurred about 10:30 p.m. Monday in the southbound local lanes near 63rd Street. The lanes were closed to traffic until early Tuesday morning…
A Hammond man is facing serious criminal charges for a car accident that claimed the life of a construction worker 30 minutes south of Chicago in northwest Indiana. The victim was working on a night road crew, filling potholes, when a car slammed into him in the construction zone on…