2 hurt in multi-car crash near Chicago's Mag Mile
The white SUV came to a stop after striking the front of an AT&T store.
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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.
An armed group carjacked a woman only to crash the vehicle multiple times in Rogers Park.
Police said the teen was joyriding when he ignored a traffic light and struck a white pickup truck containing a family.
Another car crashed into their car, flipping it over near Infantry Drive and Black Road.
The driver of the vehicle then backed out and struck "numerous" parked cars.
Preliminary information revealed a car was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic when it struck a tow truck – causing it to strike a third car.
ISP troopers responded to eastbound I-70 just west of milepost 151 around 5:41 p.m. for a crash involving a squad car that was struck by another car.
The driver of the Mazda then left the car and fled on foot in an unknown direction, according to police.
Chicago police said a Mazda 6 sedan was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes in the 100 block of North Lake Shore Drive just before 4:30 a.m. when it struck a Chevy sedan.
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