A fatal Chicago car accident is being blamed on drag racing on westbound I-290, WGNTV reported. Illinois State Police report that a passenger was killed and two other motorists were injured in the crash, which occurred last Sunday about 2:40 a.m. on westbound I-290 at Oakley Boulevard. Witnesses report that…
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Chicago accidentes de carro, accidentes de peatones, son responsables por la mayoría de accidentes de tráfico mortales en la ciudad
Nuestros abogados de accidente de Chicago eperan la liberación de estadísticas de accidentes para el año 2009, estamos echando un vistazo a la información publicada por el Departamento de Transportación de Illinois, que ofrece una revisión completa de los datos de accidentes de Chicago en 2008, el último año del…
Chicago car accidents, pedestrian accidents, account for the majority of city’s traffic fatalities
As our Chicago accident lawyers await the release of crash statistics for 2009, we are taking a look at information released by the Illinois Department of Transportation, which provides a comprehensive review of Chicago accident data in 2008, the last year for which information is available. Chicago reported 111,693 traffic…
Fatal Chicago car accident may have resulted from road rage
Police believe road rage may have been responsible for a three-vehicle Chicago car accident that occurred in suburban Maywood on Thursday night. The Sun-Times reported that two men and a woman were killed after a Honda SUV collided with a Mercedes at the intersection of First and Chicago avenues about…
Chicago railroad crossing accidents in focus as Illinois under federal mandate to improve safety
Illinois is among 10 states ordered by the federal government to improve safety at railroad crossings, the Chicago Tribune reported. Our Chicago car accident attorneys continue to report on the large number of Chicago railroad crossing accidents. Our Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer Blog has reported at least one fatal railroad…
Woman killed in Chicago car accident by car fleeing police
A 21-year-old woman died in a Chicago car accident over the weekend after her vehicle was struck by a car fleeing police, the Breaking News Center reported. The crash occurred in the South Side’s Bronzeville neighborhood about 1:20 a.m. Saturday. The woman was sitting in a Hyundai when it was…
Safety courses teach riders what to do in the event of a Chicago motorcycle accident
A local trauma nurse is hosting a first aid class aimed at teaching riders what to do in the event of a Chicago motorcycle accident. The Sun-Times reports that the clinical nurse at Loyola Center for Heart & Health Medicine in Park Ridge developed the idea after a decade of…
Aggressive enforcement aimed at reducing the risk of Chicago car accidents over Fourth of July weekend
Officials will be out in force through the Fourth of July weekend, looking for drunk or impaired drivers and monitoring the heavy holiday traffic in an effort to reduce the number of serious and fatal Chicago car accidents. The Illinois Department of Transportation reports that it will attempt to keep…
Two teens die in Chicago car accident after birthday celebration – Summer dangers continue for teen motorists
Two teenagers died in a Chicago car accident early Monday, just a few hours after going out to celebrate one of the girls’ 18th birthday, the Tribune reported. The girls, who were best friends, were in a black four-door sedan that hit a tree in the 700 block of Sheridan…
Niño muerto en accidente pedestre en Chicago supuestamente causado por un conductor borracho.
Un hombre de 30 años de edad ha sido acusado en conexión con un accidente de pedestre fatal en Chicago que mató a un niño de 10 años de edad, el fin de semana del Memorial Day, informó el examinador . El demandado es acusado de homicidio imprudente, DUI agravado,…