Family wants answers after man is killed in crash days before 75th birthday
Ronald Sterling, a longtime Chicago Transit Authority bus driver, was killed in a crash on the westbound lanes of the toll road this past Thursday morning.
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Ronald Sterling, a longtime Chicago Transit Authority bus driver, was killed in a crash on the westbound lanes of the toll road this past Thursday morning.
Fire officials took a man inside the grey sedan to West Suburban Hospital, where he died. Three other male passengers in the sedan were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
The male driver of a Dodge Durango was heading westbound on Lake Street when he collided with a gray-colored sedan, causing both vehicles to strike the pillars.
The driver of the Wienermobile lost control after colliding with a Hyundai sedan on the Tri-State Tollway.
One bus passenger had just closed her eyes for a moment, and suddenly, she felt herself thrown from her seat.
Surveillance video captured the moment the car crashed into the front of the bus, sending it into a building where it rested.
Jakyla Hester, 21, has been charged with one felony count of reckless homicide and two felony counts of aggravated DUI.
The crash happened around 3:14 a.m. in the 9000 block of South Cottage Grove in the Chatham neighborhood.
Fire personnel worked to extricate the 38-year-old man within about 10 minutes from the driver's side of the car. The man died at the scene.
Citizen app video showed the SUV up on an incline, smashed into the front brick wall and windows of an old-fashioned Chicago bungalow.
Preliminary reports indicated the driver, a 32-year-old man from Salem, Wisconsin, was driving a stolen Lexus GS400 in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
Both were charged with felonies, including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and murder with other forcible felony.
Police say the driver of a silver sedan suffered a leg injury and was taken to Northwestern Hospital in fair condition. The occupants of the other vehicles suffered various injuries and their conditions are unknown.
Around 9:43 p.m. Saturday, Algonquin police officers responded to a traffic crash involving two cars on Randall Road just north of Harnish Drive.
Neither the driver of the SUV nor the driver of the car he hit were injured, police said.
Chicago police say officers responded to the 6900 block of West Altgeld Street just after 10 p.m. for a call of a person shot.
The driver was ticketed for disobeying a red light, and driving without insurance or registration.
A passenger in one of the cars was taken to Chicago's Mt. Sinai Hospital, where they died.
The crash happened in the 2600 block of South California Avenue just after 5 a.m.
Two cars were involved in the crash and one appeared to have a bullet hole in the back passenger window.
A 19-year-old was found dead after a shooting and crash on Chicago's South Side. The teen was driving a Chevy Malibu in the 800 block of West Garfield Boulevard when someone inside a silver SUV fired shots, police said.
Police said the motorcyclist was transferred from Ascension St Joseph Medical Center to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, for further treatment.
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"One of his dogs traveled the nearly four miles to their camp, which alerted the rest of the party that something was wrong," police said.
Someone started shooting at the car on the road, and the driver lost control and slammed into a parked car.
A man was charged after police said he fired shots while on board a parked CTA bus Monday afternoon.
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