1 killed, 2 hurt after crashing into utility pole on Northwest Side
The vehicle could not maneuver a turn and crashed into a utility pole, police said.
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The vehicle could not maneuver a turn and crashed into a utility pole, police said.
Around 2 a.m., a car crashed into a retention pond near 135th Street and Archer Avenue near Lemont.
Cell phone video posted online shows two young men grabbing personal belongings from a crashed SUV before getting into a red car and driving off.
It's unclear what led to both crashes and the identities of the victims were not released.
It is unclear what led to the crashes. State police said that both remain under investigation.
State police confirmed the crash was fatal, and a medical helicopter was called to the scene.
A Skokie fire department captain said four people were involved in the crash, and crews had to pull two people from the cars.
The crash happened near Howard Street and Lincoln Avenue, leaving a damaged SUV and sending a silver car off the road.
Michael Reznik, 37, of Wauconda, Illinois, was arrested on Tuesday in the 5500 block of West Grand Avenue.
A 24-year-old woman driving an Acura sedan in the southbound lanes of Route 45 crossed the center median and crashed into a semi-trailer truck in the northbound lanes.
Responding units extinguished the fire and found three people inside, who died at the scene, according to police.
Only minor injuries were reported, and no firefighters were hurt.
Illinois State Police said the crash happened just before 1:30 a.m. on I-94 southbound at 76th Street.
The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. in the 300 block of South Pulaski Road.
Chicago police said a 41-year-old woman was driving a Nissan Altima northbound when she lost control of the car and hit a pole.
Charges are pending against a wrong-way driver who crashed into a bus overnight in The Loop.
The Woodstock Police Department was investigating the crash Sunday night.
Chicago police said a semi-truck, driven by a 54-year-old man, was traveling northbound on Ashland when it hit the rear passenger side of an ambulance.
The trooper was going through the intersection of Route 59 and Higgins Road with his lights and sirens on, when another vehicle hit his squad car.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, identified as a 35-year-old man, died from his injuries.
The driver of the struck vehicle later died at the hospital. Their passenger, only described as a juvenile, suffered serious injuries.
Police said a car traveling on Southwest Highway hit another vehicle traveling on Cicero Avenue, sending the second vehicle into a vacant storefront.
The victim, identified as Austin Stanek, 24, of Island Lake, Illinois, was taken to Advocate Good Shepard Hospital in Barrington, where he died.
Police said the driver was headed north on Interstate 94 near Winnetka Road, when they hit a concrete dividing barrier.
State police said troopers responded to the scene for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a school bus.
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