An Illinois truck crash on Illinois 394 has claimed the life of a 49-year-old woman, according to Fox news. The incident occurred on Friday around 6 PM during the evening rush hour. A semi truck driver traveling north on the highway somehow lost control and drove cross the grassy center…
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Deadly Illinois motorcycle accident – witnesses say state trooper at fault
A Chicago-area motorcycle crash that occurred on Friday night on Interstate 88 has claimed the life of an Aurora resident, according to the Beacon News. A witness to the accident is saying that an Illinois state trooper caused the accident. The victim, age 29, was riding to Chicago with two…
Deadly Chicago area auto accident caused by wrong way driver
Two people have died in an Illinois car crash caused by a man who drove his red Porsche the wrong way down an Illinois tollway. The man had allegedly been arrested for DUI twice in the past, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. Police are still trying to figure out why…
A rash of Illinois motorcycle accidents leaves 5 riders dead
It has been a dangerous week of Chicago area motorcycle crashes as a string of collisions have the claimed the lives of five people. A 37 year-old woman was killed in Dolton, Illinois after a man driving a Ford SUV failed to yield to her before taking a left turn,…
16-year-old boy faces murder charges after causing deadly Chicago car crash
A fatal Illinois auto accident that occurred early Sunday morning in Chicago’s Bucktown neighborhood has resulted in a 16-year-old minor being charged with first-degree murder, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The teenager crashed a stolen Range Rover while being chased by police, striking and killing a Chicago 911 dispatcher who…
Pedestrian killed, 2 others injured in Chicago taxicab accident
An Illinois taxi vs. pedestrian collision has left one person dead and two others injured when a cab driver lost control on the morning of June 27, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The incident occurred just before 8:50 AM in the 300 block of E. Illinois Street. The cab driver…
Deadly Chicago auto accident – 2 killed, 4 injured
An Illinois car crash on the Northwest Side of Chicago has claimed the life of two people and injured four others on Sunday morning, according to WGN news. The collision involved to vehicles crashing into a PLS Check Cashiers store. The victims fatally injured in the accident were a 57-year-old…
Fatal Illinois auto accident in northern suburbs of Chicago – felony charges filed
A Chicago area car crash that occurred in March, 2011 and caused the death of a 56-year-old Lake Barrington woman has now resulted in reckless homicide charges being filed against a 40-year-old man from downstate Illinois, according to Tribune Local. The victim was getting into her vehicle at a car…
Felony charges filed in deadly Illinois hit-and-run pedestrian accident
Chicago pedestrian accident lawyers previously reported that a 75-year-old man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of Kimball Avenue and North Avenue on April 1. Now comes word that a 38-year-old West Side resident has been charged with a felony count of leaving the scene…
Chicago tour bus accident results in death of pedestrian
A 26-year-old woman has been killed in a downtown Chicago pedestrian collision, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The victim was crossing Columbus Avenue at East Illinois Street in the Streeterville neighborhood when she was struck by a tour bus just before 7 PM on Tuesday evening. The pedestrian was crossing…