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…
Whether he’s “hip” may be open for debate but the nation’s leading safety advocate leaves no room for debate about the high risk of Chicago bicycle accidents and cycling crashes in other urban areas this summer, according to the Huffington Post. Each spring, our Chicago bicycle accident attorneys see an…
An Illinois school bus crash that occurred Thursday morning on the South side of Chicago resulted in nine people being injured, and several hurt were special education students, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. All of the injured were taken to area hospitals after two school buses and a truck were…
Active Transportation Alliance continues to offer resources to bicyclists and pedestrians and their families — including support groups for injury victims, according to the Chicago Tribune. Our Chicago accident lawyers understand that bicyclists and pedestrians are most vulnerable to suffering serious or fatal injuries in an accident.The Tribune reports that…
A Chicago area auto accident in 2010 has led to a man from Aurora, Illinois been sentenced to 4 years in prison for aggravated DUI with bodily harm, a class 4 felony, according to the Kane County Chronicle. The defendant was sentenced earlier this month by an Associate Judge. The…
The new STANDUP Act is now urging states in the U.S. to adopt Graduated Driver Licensing laws to make sure teens meet specific minimum driving requirements, according to the National Safety Council. The new recommendations aim to help reduce the number of teen car accidents in Chicago and elsewhere in…
Chicago auto accident attorneys at Abels & Annes are often butting heads with State Farm Insurance. We usually have multiple claims pending against them and we have had jury trials against them twice in the past six months. That being said, when State Farm takes a step in the right…
While some are calling for less government, a recent report found many citizens are in support of additional laws to improve highway safety, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. A recently released survey, put out just as the United Nations kicks off its ‘Decade of Action on Road…
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…
Criminal charges have been filed against an driver that allegedly caused a Chicago area DUI car crash involving for vehicles, according to the Northbrook Star. The collision took place on Wednesday at 4:45 PM on the Edens spur ramp near Northbrook and left the at fault driver and three others…