3 children, 1 adult seriously injured in crash on Bishop Ford Freeway
Illinois State Police said, around 8:50 a.m., a semi struck a passenger vehicle in the northbound lanes of Interstate 94 near 115th Street.
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Illinois State Police said, around 8:50 a.m., a semi struck a passenger vehicle in the northbound lanes of Interstate 94 near 115th Street.
A police source said a pursuit was underway before the boys – both 15 years old – crashed their car into the front of a store near 75th and Vincennes just after midnight.
An SUV crashed through the wall of a building and into a dental clinic in north suburban Deerfield on Thursday.
A 7-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy were taken to the hospital with injuries.
Illinois State Trooper Brian Frank was awarded the state's Medal of Honor on Wednesday, an award given to those in law enforcement who have given so much. Gov. JB Pritzker visited Frank's home in southwest suburban Lemont to award him the Medal of Honor for his bravery and courage.
An Audi had rear-ended a Buick, and the Buick rolled over and caught fire.
The 45-year-old driver and 40-year-old passenger of the silver sedan were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where they were both pronounced dead.
The Aurora Police Department said that on Thursday, Oct. 3, just before 6 p.m., police and fire crews arrived at the intersection of East New York Street and West Park Place for a vehicle-versus-pedestrian crash.
Chicago police said a vehicle entered southbound, traveling the wrong way when it struck an oncoming vehicle heading northbound.
Chicago police said a man, 32, was traveling westbound in a black sedan when he disregarded a traffic signal and crashed into a black SUV.
A male and female in the SUV suffered minor injuries and were taken to Christ Hospital in fair condition.
Police say a woman, 46, was sitting in a parked vehicle when she was approached by two unknown males both armed with handguns.
A crash shut down outbound lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway for several hours on Wednesday. A truck flipped on its side around 11 a.m., blocking all lanes. Around 12:25 p.m., cleanup crews were using small bulldozers to remove debris from the crash. The city said lanes reopened around 1:45 p.m.
Witnesses say an unlicensed tow truck driver was intentionally running into cars shortly before the crash.
Troopers responded to the scene for the report of a fatal traffic crash involving a semi and a truck-tractor semi-trailer.
Chicago police said a black sedan was heading northbound on Halsted when it collided with another black sedan in the intersection.
Friends of the victim said the crash was no accident.
The three victims were ejected from the vehicle and were taken to Northwestern Hospital for treatment.
The crash caused the truck to spill diesel fuel. All southbound lanes were closed at Old Orchard.
A crash involving a semi-truck sent two people to the hospital, caused a diesel fuel spill and snarled traffic Friday afternoon on the Edens Expressway near Skokie.
Crews were cleaning up after a three-vehicle crash involving a semi-truck snarled traffic on Interstate 95 at Old Orchard. Two people were taken to local hospitals with minor injuries.
Chicago police say both were heading in the same direction when one hit the other.
One of the cars was occupied by four officers who were in good condition, and the second by two officers in fair condition.
Preliminary investigations indicated that a red sedan was traveling at a high rate of speed north on the rear access road for Algonquin Commons.
The driver, who was entrapped in the crash and had to be extracted, was transported by the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire District to a nearby landing zone, where they were airlifted to the Condell Hospital Level 1 Trauma Center with serious injuries.
