2 dead, 1 critically wounded in triple shooting, crash on West Side
Police said someone from a beige vehicle fired shots at a man and woman traveling southbound on Cicero. The third victim was discovered a short distance away.
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Police said someone from a beige vehicle fired shots at a man and woman traveling southbound on Cicero. The third victim was discovered a short distance away.
The trooper was responding to an earlier crash including a semi and a passenger car.
The CPD vehicle was responding to a service call and was traveling northbound on State Street when it collided with a black jeep, police say.
The vehicle was also occupied by two children at the time of the crash. Neither suffered serious injuries.
The wrong-way driver hit several cars, and a 48-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman died.
An SUV was headed west on 103rd Street when another vehicle headed north on Cottage Grove Avenue turned in front of it, causing a collision between the two cars and a third vehicle.
Kendall Sprouts is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving after the deadly crash near 14th Street and Michigan Avenue.
Chopper 2 was over the scene where Chicago Fire authorities said two people were killed in a multi-car crash.
Only the driver was in the van and she was taken to a local hospital.
The driver of an Amazon delivery van was taken to a hospital after she drove over a small bridge into a creek in south suburban Frankfort on Tuesday. The van driver was out doing deliveries and drove into the creek in the 800 block of Ironwood Drive, according to the Frankfort Fire Department.
No injures were reported related to the crash.
A man was arrested after he drove a car into a River North Walgreens Monday evening. The Land Rover was traveling southbound in the 600 block of Clark around 5:14 p.m. when it struck the business, according to Chicago police.
Police say the officers were driving with their emergency lights on when another SUV drove through an intersection.
A 2016 Subaru was traveling west on Plank Road near Marshall Road when the Ford Fusion struck the Subaru head-on in the roadway, police said.
An Illinois State Police vehicle was hit Thursday morning while investigating a traffic crash on I-55 northbound near 1st Avenue.
Police said a white Honda sedan was headed north on Stony Island Avenue near 81st Street around 12:45 a.m., when the driver lost control and crashed into a tree.
A high-speed crash on the South Side left two people dead early Thursday.
The police squad car was damaged in the crash and one trooper was injured.
"He hurt his leg and his back, his neck of course. It could have been worse. It could have been worse. Luckily, everything is fine."
Charges are pending against the person in custody.
The driver was issued a ticket.
Police said the 22-year-old driver lost control of her car and crashed just after midnight near Grand Avenue and DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Two Chicago police officers and a man are hurt following a car crash on the city's South Side Saturday morning.
Two Chicago police officers and a man are hurt following a car crash on the city's South Side Saturday morning.
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