Driver charged after crashing into Illinois State Police vehicle on I-70 in Clark County
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.
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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.
Illinois State Police said troopers responded to the southbound I-94 ramp to 39th Street just after 5 a.m. for a single-vehicle rollover crash with injury.
The driver of the other vehicle is hospitalized in critical condition
Chopper 2 was over the scene where the tube trailer was heavily damaged and blocking all lanes of traffic going eastbound.
A Chicago Public Schools Safe Passage worker was among five people injured in a crash in Englewood Wednesday afternoon, a coworker said.
The violent crash was being investigated by the U.S. Marshals.
A car flipped over after a violent collision with another car on Chicago's South Side on Wednesday afternoon. It was a sight for Englewood residents in the 6900 block of South Eggleston Avenue.
Chicago police tell us the truck driver tried to swerve out of the way when another car drove into oncoming traffic.
Chicago police tell us the truck driver tried to swerve out of the way when another car drove into oncoming traffic.
The 51-year-old woman driving the car and the officer were hurt and taken to a hospital to get checked out.
A red Lexus flipped upside-down, after slamming into a police SUV. The officer was parked on Columbus Drive, providing security for a film set near Buckingham Fountain.
The good Samaritan happened to be driving by and saw it all unfold.
Video shows the SUV drive through the poles and trash cans and even hit garages.
Illinois State Police said around 3:10 a.m., troopers attempted to make a traffic stop on a stolen car, a silver Ford, on westbound I-290 at Damen.
Preliminary reports indicated that for unknown reasons, a Silver Hyundai left the roadway, struck the concrete median wall, and came to rest on the left shoulder.
The driver, a 43-year-old man, was taken by ambulance to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The crash happened in the 6100 block of South Racine Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.
A 22-year-old man was heading southbound on Racine in a Ford pickup when he failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a male driver in a red sedan, police said.
Chopper 2 was over a one-car accident on a ramp along Chicago's DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
An 88-year-old man from Kenosha was pronounced dead, and a 46-year-old man from Machesney Park man suffered minor injuries as a result.
Preliminary reports say a 1996 Ford Club Wagon van, driven by the man, was heading northbound on River Road when it attempted to pass a vehicle in a marked no-passing zone.
Niles Fire Department Chief Marty Feld said the front of the car ended up in a women's restroom inside the building.
The driver was cited and taken to a local hospital.
