Indiana State Police respond to over 400 traffic incidents during holiday weekend
New numbers from Indiana State Police on the storm's impact on drivers show it was a rough holiday weekend on area roads.
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New numbers from Indiana State Police on the storm's impact on drivers show it was a rough holiday weekend on area roads.
A driver is recovering after being struck by a Cook County Sherriff's squad car who was attempting traffic control following an accident early Sunday morning.
Police say a 33-year-old woman drove onto the closed-scale ramp and slammed into a gate arm.
A yellow pole pierced through the front of the car and out the back.
A driver is hospitalized after a car is struck by a Metra train in unincorporated Woodstock early Saturday morning.
Initial reports say a 2010 White Nissan SUV was traveling eastbound on Dempster approaching Austin when the rear passenger fell out of the vehicle onto the roadway.
The pickup truck caught fire and the driver was taken to an area hospital.
Initial reports say for unknown reasons the vehicle left the roadway to the right and struck an embankment.
The crash happened on the 7900 block of South Halsted Street.
Witnesses reported the driver appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed when, for an unknown reason, crossed into the northbound lanes of traffic and drove off the roadway, into the ditch line on the east side of the roadway.
ISP said it happened around 8:17 a.m. at I-88 westbound, west of I-294 York Road.
A man was inside a vehicle when three unknown suspects exited from another vehicle and began firing shots in his direction.
Three people were transported to a local area hospital with injuries.
Another car refused to stop, driving off instead.
The car hit was moved off the road and taken to a nearby park to get it out of the way.
"Just sitting in my office working. Heard a loud crash. Corner of the house was blown out. I think somebody lost control of their car and drove into our house."
A suspect and another driver are injured following a high-speed crash on the city's Near West Side early Sunday morning.
The crash happened on West Warren Boulevard and North Oakley Boulevard.
The victim has been identified as David Ponce De Leon of Blue Island.
The CPD officer and a man and woman were all hospitalized in good condition.
The crash happened around 9:50 p.m. in the area of Sibley Boulevard and Superior Avenue.
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.
