Motorcyclist ejected after colliding with car in Joliet
Both drivers were taken to Ascension St Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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Both drivers were taken to Ascension St Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
A woman was killed, and two others were hurt following a hit-and-run crash on the city's South Side Tuesday morning.
The victim was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police chased the car Nathen Jones was in over a simple traffic offense, in violation of Chicago police pursuit policy.
It is unclear if the person was the driver of the car or an employee.
Chicago fire officials said the car crashed through the window of the store around 8:30 a.m. in the 4500 block of North Broadway.
A woman driving a Hyundai was headed north on Route 59, when she veered into oncoming traffic for an unknown reason.
Initial reports say a man in a white SUV was driving southbound on Michigan where he disregarded a traffic signal and struck a silver sedan heading westbound on Ontario.
The white SUV came to a stop after striking the front of an AT&T store.
Preliminary information indicated that a black Mitsubishi sedan lost control for an unknown reason and struck the right concrete median before swerving left and striking a blue Hyundai SUV.
Preliminary reports say a man, 69, was driving a yellow Ford sedan heading westbound when he failed to stop at a red light and struck the pedestrians at the crosswalk.
Police say just before midnight, officers were responding to a call traveling southbound in the 10700 block of South Western Avenue with emergency lights activated.
Two officers were taken to local area hospitals in good condition for minor injuries. The female driver in the second car refused medical attention.
The trooper was taken to an area hospital for treatment and was released.
Chopper 2 was over the scene at 116th and Halsted, where the front of a black vehicle was seen crashed into the front of South China Kitchen.
One driver was killed, and another was hurt following a multi-car crash in Elmhurst Thursday evening.
Illinois State Police said no gas made it onto the roadway. No injuries were reported.
It's unclear whether anyone was injured or arrested.
There are few details from the police so far but it appears two cars crashed into each other and one of them went through the front wall of a restaurant causing it to collapse.
The driver of the squad car was taken to a local area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The CPD Marine Unit recovered the victim's body from a partially submerged car in the 800 block of West 129th Place.
The passenger, a 30-year-old woman, exited the car before it entered the water. She was taken to Christ Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Preliminary information indicated a red 2020 Chevrolet struck the rear of the salt truck that was stationary in the second lane from the right that was diverting traffic from a previous crash, ISP said.
Illinois State Police said just before 1 a.m. troopers responded to the northbound express lanes at 47th Street for a call of a Move Over law crash involving an IDOT salt truck.
Preliminary reports say a white 2007 Chevrolet swerved onto the right shoulder and struck the rear of a stationary IDOT truck.
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