A 24-year-old Waukegan man has been charged with leaving the scene of a Chicago-area car accident that killed a pedestrian last Sunday night in Aurora, Illinois. The Chicago Breaking News Center reported that Aurora police were able to convince the man to turn himself in to authorities after he called…
Setting clear driving safety rules for your teenage driver and not giving them their own vehicle can reduce the chances of your child being involved in a serious or fatal car accident. Those findings were the result of two studies funded by State Farm Insurance Co. and conducted by researchers…
Three separate Chicago auto accidents on the North Side have resulted in injuries to 15 people over a 24 hour period. The first accident took place on Saturday night, it involved 2 cars and injured 9 people, according the Chicago Breaking News Center. The crash took place at Central and…
A Chicago man faces an arrest warrant on charges accusing him of killing a 78-year-old Indiana pedestrian in a drunk driving auto accident. The 26-year-old faces charges of failure to stop after a pedestrian accident, reckless homicide and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol level of more than .08…
The Chicago car accident attorneys at Abels & Annes urge motorists to register with the Illinois Secretary of State’s new “in case of emergency” database. The database, which launched last month at www.cyberdriveillinois.com, allows authorities to contact relatives of an accident victim in a timely manner. While nobody likes to…
A weekend Illinois car accident involving seven vehicles injured 13 people, according to the Southtown Star. The Chicago area car accident at Vollmer Road and Governor’s Highway in Flossmoor, Illinois sent nine people to the hospital by ambulance. Four others were treated at the scene. The accident, which occurred at…
A 36-year-old woman from Chicago was killed Wednesday morning in a van vs. motorcycle accident, according to Oak Park-Leaves.com. The motorcycle crash took place near the Austin Blue Line station in Oak Park, Illinois. The van driver had just dropped someone off at the CTA train and then made an…
On the South Side of Chicago four people were seriously injured in a car accident on Tuesday night, according to the Chicago Breaking News Center. The car crash involved 2 vehicles and took place at the intersection of 63rd Street and Damen Avenue around 10:30 p.m. One of the injured…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced a distracted driving summit in Washington, D.C. Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in an effort to combat car accidents caused by distracted driving, specifically the use of cell phones and text messaging while behind the wheel. Earlier this summer the Chicago car accident lawyers at…
As a result of a Chicago car crash, a 16 year old teenager has died, according to the Chicago Breaking News Center. The accident took place on Wednesday in the Garfield Park neighborhood around 6:30 p.m. and the teen died a day later. Several others were hurt. The car accident…