1 dead, 1 hospitalized after multi-car crash on Chicago's Southwest Side
Police have not released further details on the cause of the crash.
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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.
The driver of the Malibu was taken to the University of Chicago Hospital in fair condition. The driver of the bus and a passenger, a 34-year-old woman, was taken to Trinity Hospital in good condition.
The driver of the U-Haul was placed in custody by Illinois State Police.
So far, there haven't been any reports of injuries.
The crash happened at the Beacon Motel near 160th and Wood Street.
A witness says they saw three men running away shortly after the crash.
Police say officers responded to an auto accident and found a blue sedan that had veered off the road and into Lake Michigan.
An employee said no one inside the pizza shop was hurt.
Both drivers were transported to area hospitals with critical injuries. The children were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries.
Chicago police say an on-duty officer was driving when A light gray SUV entered oncoming traffic and struck the squad car.
Chicago police responded to the scene of a crash involving one of their officers in the Back of the Yards neighborhood Sunday morning.
Chicago police say officers responded to the accident scene and found a silver SUV that had jumped the curb and struck the front of a commercial building.
Police said the 16-year-old boy was crossing Montgomery Road at Ogden Avenue in Aurora, when a Ford F-450 headed west on Ogden hit him while turning onto Montgomery.
The victim drove himself to Rush University Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized.
