CPD officer charged with drunk driving while off duty in fatal crash in River North
Prosecutors said Tangie Brown admitted to having three drinks at Tree House Chicago bar before the crash. Her blood alcohol level was 0.093.
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Prosecutors said Tangie Brown admitted to having three drinks at Tree House Chicago bar before the crash. Her blood alcohol level was 0.093.
It all started in the parking lot of a Jewel Osco where police say the car owner spotted his stolen Dodge Durango.
The crash pushed the family's couch--and the woman sleeping on it--across the living room.
The trooper stopped on the left shoulder of I-65 southbound at the 116-mile marker on a curved and narrow shoulder to help a stranded motorist change a flat tire.
The car was seen on the side of the road with its front and back crunched in.
It's unclear what caused the crash or if anyone was hurt.
Two officers in the marked CPD car were traveling southbound on Pulaski Road with their emergency equipment activated when they struck a Lexus SUV waiting at a red light on Montrose Avenue, police said.
Two officers in the marked CPD car were traveling southbound on Pulaski Road with their emergency equipment activated when they struck a Lexus SUV waiting at a red light on Montrose Avenue, police said.
The front of both cars was badly damaged with the police cruiser's front crushed into a building.
Park Ridge police and fire crews responded to the scene for a report of a vehicle that crashed into a tree.
The victims were trying to go around the barrier before they got hit by the train, according to fire officials.
The captain says they were trying to go around the barrier before they got hit by the train. The victims were said to be in their late teens or early 20s.
ISP Sgt. Glen Fifield said the bridge on the northbound 247 mm overpass is "completely frozen."
Police said the girl ran away after the car she was in was hit by another car on Illinois Route 59.
The trooper in a fully marked squad car with its emergency lights activated was stationary on the ramp after responding to a report of a tire in the roadway, ISP said.
One person in the vehicle suffered minor injuries. No one inside the home was hurt.
Police said it happened just before 11 p.m. on LaSalle Street north of Sibley Boulevard.
The car had Illinois license plate EG-80292.
While attempting to back into position to block the right lane, the squad vehicle was struck by a Jeep Wrangler.
State police say while trying to block traffic away from a pole where a previous crash occurred, the state cruiser was hit by a jeep.
CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reported that a semi collided with several vehicles with serious injuries.
Police said, around 2:10 a.m., four people were in a car headed south on Wood Street, when the car hit a tree near 169th Street.
Our nonstop news crew learned the burglars used a Jeep Cherokee to break the front window and knock over an atm.
The male victim was taken to an area hospital with "critical injuries," police said.
A car hit and injured a male victim on a road in northwest suburban Huntley on Monday. A little after 3 p.m., police responded to the area of Main Street and Coyne Station Road for the crash. The car was traveling eastbound on Main Street when it struck the victim, who was on the south shoulder of the road.
