A Chicago man faces an arrest warrant on charges accusing him of killing a 78-year-old Indiana pedestrian in a drunk driving auto accident. The 26-year-old faces charges of failure to stop after a pedestrian accident, reckless homicide and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol level of more than .08…
The Chicago car accident attorneys at Abels & Annes urge motorists to register with the Illinois Secretary of State’s new “in case of emergency” database. The database, which launched last month at www.cyberdriveillinois.com, allows authorities to contact relatives of an accident victim in a timely manner. While nobody likes to…
A weekend Illinois car accident involving seven vehicles injured 13 people, according to the Southtown Star. The Chicago area car accident at Vollmer Road and Governor’s Highway in Flossmoor, Illinois sent nine people to the hospital by ambulance. Four others were treated at the scene. The accident, which occurred at…
On the South Side of Chicago four people were seriously injured in a car accident on Tuesday night, according to the Chicago Breaking News Center. The car crash involved 2 vehicles and took place at the intersection of 63rd Street and Damen Avenue around 10:30 p.m. One of the injured…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced a distracted driving summit in Washington, D.C. Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in an effort to combat car accidents caused by distracted driving, specifically the use of cell phones and text messaging while behind the wheel. Earlier this summer the Chicago car accident lawyers at…
As a result of a Chicago car crash, a 16 year old teenager has died, according to the Chicago Breaking News Center. The accident took place on Wednesday in the Garfield Park neighborhood around 6:30 p.m. and the teen died a day later. Several others were hurt. The car accident…
A 35-year-old man from the western suburb of Berwyn faces numerous charges after a Chicago drunk driving accident on Labor Day weekend that sent three children in his vehicle to the hospital following a Sunday crash outside Ford City Mall. The man faces charges of felony DUI, reckless driving, failure…
Chicago personal injury lawyers from Abels & Annes have agreed to represent a 15 year old boy who was hit by a car in Cicero, Illinois on August 22, 2009. The child was riding his bike on a sidewalk in the area of 59th Avenue and 37th Street when a…
In the Chicago suburb of Berwyn, Illinois a mother and daughter were injured in an auto accident on Tuesday. The driver who hit them was distracted at the time of the crash, as she was busy lighting a cigarette. To make matters worse, the driver was uninsured. The injured mother…
Last month’s 24-year prison sentence for a suburban Chicago woman convicted in a drunk driving car crash highlights a growing concern: The increase in DUI arrests and fatal DUI auto accidents among women. The 43-year-old woman was convicted of aggravated DUI after running a stop sign last fall and slamming…