Man charged with driving under the influence of cocaine in fatal Lake Villa crash
Police said 74-year-old Craig Muzard swerved into oncoming traffic in February in unincorporated Lake Villa.
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Police said 74-year-old Craig Muzard swerved into oncoming traffic in February in unincorporated Lake Villa.
One witness who was driving on Skokie Boulevard said he saw the car fly over his head after it left the Edens Expressway.
The crash killed 58-year-old Rosia Evans, of Dolton.
The crash happened near McCormick and Howard.
Crews at the scene say one person had to be taken to the hospital, but it's not clear right now how badly they were hurt.
The 29-year-old driver of the Nissan was cited for violating "Scott's Law," which is the improper passing of a stationary emergency vehicle and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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The vehicle had four occupants inside.
One person was taken to an area hospital with injuries in unknown condition.
Robert Gillen was a high school math teacher and athletic trainer for Wauconda School District 118.
A woman was driving a Mitsubishi SUV heading eastbound on 86th when she collided with a Nissan sedan in the intersection, police said.
The woman was taken by the Chicago Fire Department to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
The rapper sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Police have not released further details on the cause of the crash.
Law enforcement sources told CBS 2 it was an off-duty officer who was driving when she lost control and hit a 56-year-old woman.
Initial reports say the driver of a white SUV, a 40-year-old woman, lost control of her car before jumping a curb and hitting the victim who was on the sidewalk.
Two Southern Illinois University students were killed following a head-on crash in Carbondale Monday morning, according to police.
Both students were attending SIU in Carbondale and were living on campus, according to police.
The Volkswagen had two male and three female occupants. All five were taken to local hospitals in critical condition by the Joliet Fire Department.
The offenders then got into three unknown cars and fled eastbound on Chicago Avenue.
Arriving deputies located a Chevrolet Silverado that had caught fire.
Highland Park police and fire crews were called at 12:37 p.m. to Deerfield and Piccadilly roads, where they found the bicyclist severely injured. The driver was already gone.
Chicago police said a woman in her late 40s was seen running onto the street when she was struck by a vehicle traveling northbound on Western Avenue.
A man was killed after his car crashed into the back of a semi-truck in Zion Saturday morning.
Police say the bus, driven by a 28-year-old man, was heading westbound when it was hit by a Chevy Malibu.
