One Person Killed In Bishop Ford Accident
One person was killed on Saturday morning in a accident on the Bishop Ford.
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One person was killed on Saturday morning in a accident on the Bishop Ford.
A captain in the Chicago Police Calumet District died Sunday after he was found unconscious in his squad car on the Bishop Ford Freeway.
Lane closures will take place later this month for repairs to a bridge that carries 115th Street over the Bishop Ford Freeway.
About 1:46 a.m., the vehicle drove off the exit ramp from northbound I-94 to 115th Street, according to Illinois State Police.
The latest slaying happened at 7:23 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side, where a 39-year-old man was shot in the torso in the 4300 block of South Paulina.
Two lanes of the northbound Bishop Ford Freeway are shut down after a semi truck lost its load during Wednesday's morning commute.
Inbound and outbound lanes of the Bishop Ford Freeway have reopened, about five hours after a lumber truck crashed and spilled its load, blocking traffic in both directions.
About 1:05 a.m., she was driving an SUV on the Bishop Ford (I-94) southbound ramp to eastbound I-80 when she lost control of the vehicle, according to Illinois State Police, who said speed may have played a role in the crash.
A man was seriously injured when his car slammed into the back of a semi on the Bishop Ford Freeway Tuesday night on the Far South Side.
Illinois State Police shut down the Bishop Ford Freeway in both directions for more than an hour Wednesday afternoon, after finding a suspicious package on the roadway.
State Police shut down part of the Bishop Ford Freeway early Sunday morning to investigate a suspected shooting near 115th Street.
About 12:15 a.m., a car crashed into a ditch and caught on fire in the southbound lanes of I-94 near Sibley Boulevard, according to Illinois State Police.
Most recently, a man was shot to death late Wednesday in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side, police said. The man, 48, was standing on the sidewalk in the 9200 block of South University about 11:10 p.m., when someone walked up and opened fire.
A woman was seriously injured after jumping out of an SUV traveling northbound on the Bishop Ford Expressway Saturday morning, according to Illinois State Police.
Three people suffered minor injuries early Friday, when someone in another vehicle shot up their car on the Dan Ryan Expressway, the 19th shooting so far this year on Chicago area expressways, matching last year's total for the entire year.
The fatal shooting happened Thursday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood. Ramon Gartman, 33, was discovered unresponsive in the 8400 block of South Commercial at 11:48 a.m. with a gunshot wound to his face, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Illinois State Police said, shortly before 5 a.m., someone inside one vehicle fired multiple shots at another vehicle on the Bishop Ford, wounding a 26-year-old man in the second car. A 21-year-old man and 20-year-old woman who also were in that car were not wounded.
The shooting happened about 11 p.m. in the northbond lanes of I-94, between 111th Street and Stony Island Avenue, according to Illinois State Police Sgt. Alex Diaz. Two vehicles were involved in the incident.
A speeding pickup truck drove onto the back of an empty car carrier early Thursday on the Bishop Ford Freeway in south suburban Dolton.
The Akita dogs were spotted along the shoulder of the Bishop Ford near 115th Street around 6 a.m. Illinois State Police said a woman and her daughter had been searching for the dogs all night, and when they learned the dogs were on the Bishop Ford, the daughter drove to get them.
Illinois State Police said the cyclist appeared to be riding onto the Torrence Avenue entrance ramp onto the eastbound lanes of the Bishop Ford Freeway around 5:15 a.m., when a tanker truck struck him.
Charges are pending against the driver who state police say caused a fiery three-car accident on the Bishop Ford Freeway that left one man critically injured late Tuesday in south suburban Dolton.
A 64-year-old woman was killed Wednesday morning, when a tire flew off an SUV on the Bishop Ford Freeway, and smashed into the windshield of her car.
He was driving a motorcycle that struck another vehicle.
The accident, which occurred about 5:15 a.m., blocked one southbound and two northbound lanes, according to Illinois State Police.
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