The Chicago car accident attorneys at Abels & Annes are launching a summer safe-driving series featuring more than a dozen blogs aimed at reducing serious injury and wrongful deaths resulting from summer car accidents. Chicago ranked fifth in the nation in the number of motor-vehicle-related deaths (192) in 2007, the…
Illinois lawmakers sent a pair of bills to the governor’s office last week that would ban text messaging while driving and forbid drivers from using cell phones in school and construction zones. Distracted drivers are a significant cause of Chicago car accidents handled by the personal injury and wrongful death…
Summer is motorcycle season in Illinois and the motorcycle accident lawyers at Abels & Annes urge riders and motorists to work together in preventing serious injury and wrongful death from motorcycle accidents. Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and motorcycle safety advocates have joined forces…
An auto accident in the northern suburbs of Chicago has resulted in the death of a Northbrook resident and felony charges against a Gurnee resident, according to the Northbrook Star. The accident occurred on May 22nd in the 100 block of LeBaron Street in Waukegan when a 22 year old…
In Chicago, Illinois a police officer was critically injured on Wednesday in a multiple vehicle car crash on the South Side, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The collision involved 3 vehicles, including a police department SUV, and occurred just before noon at 98th and Halsted. Four others were hurt in…
In the Chicago area there were two separate motorcycle crashes this weekend that resulted in fatalities, according to the Chicago Tribune. One collision took place in Oak Forest, Illinois on Saturday night. The accident occurred on I-57 when a southbound motorcyclist took an illegal U-turn and hit 3 northbound bikers.…
In Naperville, Illinois an auto accident occurred on Thursday after a vehicle stopped to allow geese to cross the road, according to the Naperville Sun. A second car stopped behind the first car, and then a school bus rear-ended the 2nd car, knocking it into the 1st car. The auto…
In the western suburb of LaGrange, Illinois a pedestrian was hit and killed today by a car while she was lifting her baby stroller onto a curb, according to WQAD.com. She was carrying her 2 year old daughter in the stroller. She was also carrying her 4 month old son…
In Chicago, Illinois two paramedics employed by the Chicago Fire Department were injured in an ambulance accident on Tuesday in the South Loop, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The accident occurred around 2:00 p.m. at Clark & Harrison. The collision took place while they were transporting a patient to Mercy…
In Chicago, Illinois a hit-and-run pedestrian vs. car accident has left a South Side woman severely injured, and her family is looking for help and answers. The accident happened near 67th & Halsted on April 22, 2009 and the victim, Eve Davis, age 67, still remains hospitalized at Stroger Hospital.…