A motorcycle crash in Lakeview left a 31-year-old man dead on Thursday afternoon, adding to the already high number of recent Illinois motorcycle fatalities. The biker was reportedly on Inner Lake Shore Drive near the intersection with Grace Street on the north side of Chicago when he fell from his…
An 18-year-old Barrington Hills man has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicants after a March car crash left one man dead and a woman seriously injured. Bond was set at $100,000 plus the requirement of relinquishing his passport and submitting to random drug tests. The charges…
A Pace van and two other vehicles collided on Friday afternoon, leaving 13 people hurt and sending nine or 10 to area hospitals. The accident occurred in the area of South Pulaski and West 76th Street on the south side of Chicago around 4:15 p.m. It is not yet clear…
A driver who hit an 8-year-old girl and fled the scene of a crash has been arrested and is being held in lieu of bail in Chicago, according to local police. The driver has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident that caused injury and failure to exercise…
A rollover accident in the south suburb of Posen claimed the life of a 29-year-old man early last Wednesday morning. Though a second vehicle was involved, there were no other injuries or fatalities reported. The victim was driving a Cadillac on northbound I-57 just after midnight when a collision occurred…
The hit-and-run driver of a vehicle that killed a pedestrian on Wednesday night has been arrested and charged, according to Tinley Park police. The 22-year-old Blue Island resident has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence and failure to stop after an accident causing personal injury or death. A…
A man on his cell phone rear-ended a vehicle and fled the scene when police approached him late Sunday morning in Chicago. As he fled, he caused a second collision just two blocks away, seriously injuring himself and up to five others in the Park Manor neighborhood. A police officer…
An accident involving 4 vehicles injured 14 people on Saturday evening, sending them to area hospitals for treatment, according to local police. The incident began when a van attempted to switch lanes on the Kennedy Expressway near the Ohio Street exit. The van hit a church van from Milwaukee carrying…
A crash occurred between a city fire engine and a passenger car in downtown Chicago yesterday afternoon, leaving the driver and a passenger in the car critically injured. The collision occurred in the intersection of Congress Parkway and Columbus Drive around 3:30 p.m. as the fire crew was responding to…
A South Side Chicago crash between three vehicles, including a police squad car, resulted in injuries to four on Tuesday night. Two Chicago police officers were responding to a call in the Gresham neighborhood with its lights and sirens sounding. The officers were traveling west on 79th Street when a…