An August car accident that killed a Chicago motorcycle rider has resulted in felony DUI charges against the car’s driver. The 47-year-old North Ashland Avenue woman has been charged with aggravated DUI in connection with the Chicago car accident that killed a North Side motorcyclist, ABC7 reported. The case made…
Traffic fatalities in 2009 are down nationwide, according to statistics released this past weekend by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which reviewed data for the first six months of the year. So far in 2009, 16,626 people have been killed in traffic accidents, a 7 percent reduction compared to…
Two people were killed and two others critically injured when a car crashed into a pole in the Austin neighborhood on the city’s West Side on the evening of Friday, October 2nd, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The 29-year-old driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital shortly…
In the Chicago Northwest suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois a man and a woman were killed in a deadly auto accident early Sunday morning, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Four others were hurt in the car crash. The accident took place at Oak Street and Riverside Drive around 2:10 a.m.…
An Ohio man faces charges in connection with a weekend Chicago drunk driving accident that claimed two lives. The 27-year-old Cleveland man had a blood-alcohol level of .148 — nearly twice the legal limit — when the car he was driving slammed into another car, killing two South Side men,…
One man was killed and more than a dozen others injured in separate multi-vehicle car accidents last Thursday in the Chicago area. In the first incident, an eight-vehicle Chicago car accident in suburban Crestwood claimed to life of a Country Club Hills man on Thursday morning, according to the Chicago…
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and AAA are urging motorists to come together next week in avoiding anything that leads to distracted driving. From Oct. 5 to Oct. 11 the “Heads Up Driving Week” hopes to teach motorists better driving habits to avoid the dangers associated with distracted driving.…
A 24-year-old Waukegan man has been charged with leaving the scene of a Chicago-area car accident that killed a pedestrian last Sunday night in Aurora, Illinois. The Chicago Breaking News Center reported that Aurora police were able to convince the man to turn himself in to authorities after he called…
Setting clear driving safety rules for your teenage driver and not giving them their own vehicle can reduce the chances of your child being involved in a serious or fatal car accident. Those findings were the result of two studies funded by State Farm Insurance Co. and conducted by researchers…
Three separate Chicago auto accidents on the North Side have resulted in injuries to 15 people over a 24 hour period. The first accident took place on Saturday night, it involved 2 cars and injured 9 people, according the Chicago Breaking News Center. The crash took place at Central and…