A motorist was killed Saturday afternoon in a Chicago car accident after his vehicle was broadsided by another car in a South Side traffic accident, according to the Chicago Breaking News Center. The victim was driving an Oldsmobile Alero when he was broadsided by a Chevy Malibu near State and…
Coming soon: Public service announcements, newspaper articles, press releases, banner ads, TV commercials and increased enforcement aimed at reducing holiday drunk driving accidents. The Chicago drunk driving accident lawyers and the personal injury and wrongful death attorneys at Abels & Annes urge motorists to enjoy the upcoming holiday season by…
Illinois recorded the fewest traffic fatalities since 1923, according to an exhaustive report on 2008 traffic fatalities released by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Chicago car accident attorneys and the Chicago injury lawyers at Abels & Annes are taking a look at the report in a series of blog…
A study by the AAA Foundation suggests that more than half of all car accidents are caused by some form of aggressive driving behavior. The Chicago car accident attorneys and the Chicago injury lawyers at Abels & Annes encourage drivers to take stock of their own driving behavior — the…
A woman was reportedly killed Tuesday morning in a Chicago car accident on the South Side when a minivan driven by a drug suspect rammed her car while attempting to run down police officers, The Chicago Sun Times reported. The woman’s car was one of two civilian vehicles the suspect’s…
Authorities are seeking the driver responsible for running down three pedestrians in a Chicago hit-and-run pedestrian accident last month. The Sept. 26 incident happened on the 1200 block of South Halstead Street shortly after 2 a.m. The Chicago Breaking News Center reported three 19-year-old pedestrians, a man and two women,…
The federal government is poised to reduce by an hour the length of time long-distance truckers can stay behind the wheel, with the hope of reducing trucking accidents. CBS 2 used a Chicago trucking accident that occurred four years ago as an example: A sleepy, fatigued, and perhaps drugged trucker…
Speeding drivers cause an estimate one-third of all accidents at a cost of $44,193 per minute, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has published a “Think Fast” campaigned aimed at reducing speed and speed-related accidents. A significant number of the car accidents handled by the Chicago injury…
A total of 136 fatal Illinois trucking accidents occurred in 2008, ranking the state among the worst in the nation for fatal trucking accidents according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which continues to release data based on last year’s accident statistics. Overall, trucking fatalities declined slightly; the nation’s…
Illinois Traffic Safety Leaders are urging motorists to use common sense through the upcoming Halloween Holiday weekend to avoid Chicago drunk driving accidents and DUI accidents on Illinois highways. The Chicago car accident attorneys at Abels & Annes encourage motorists to have a travel plan to prevent drunk driving, including…