5 Injured In Crash On Eisenhower Expressway At Damen Avenue
Five people were injured Monday afternoon in a rollover accident on the Eisenhower Expressway near the Illinois Medical District.
Five people were injured Monday afternoon in a rollover accident on the Eisenhower Expressway near the Illinois Medical District.
A 3-year-old girl was shot in West Englewood Tuesday evening, officials said.
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A speeding BMW slammed into a CTA bus overnight, sending several passengers to the hospital.
A beast of a pothole lurks on Irving Park Road just east of the six-way intersection with Lincoln and Damen avenues, and it has been growing for months.
Two men were shot and wounded Monday afternoon while in their cars on the Near West Side.
Four people were injured Thursday evening in a crash in Back of the Yards.
Police on Saturday were searching for two to three assailants who have been attacking and robbing victims near the busy intersection of Milwaukee, Damen, and North avenues in Wicker Park.
One person died and two others were injured after a fiery crash on I-55 at Damen Avenue early Sunday morning.
One person was sent to the hospital with minor injuries.
For years, the six-way intersection of Damen, Fullerton, and Elston was considered one of the busiest and most dangerous in Chicago.
The realigned Elston creates separate intersections for Fullerton and Elston, and Damen and Elston, replacing the six-way intersection at Damen, Elston and Fullerton, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation.
A 51-year-old woman and her dog were crossing the street in the 5900 block of South Damen Avenue Monday morning when they were hit by a car.
Police said a 23-year-old man was sitting on a Blue Line train at the Illinois Medical District station at 400 S. Damen Av., when three men approached him and announced a robbery. One of them implied he had a gun.
A 21-year-old woman was killed, and at least four other people were injured Monday morning, when a charter bus crashed on the inbound Stevenson Expressway.
A CTA Blue Line train gave riders a scare Wednesday, as it thundered toward the Loop with some of its doors open.
Officers responded to an unresponsive person in a car in the 7500 block of South Damen Avenue about 6 a.m. and found a 21-year-old man shot in the chest, police said.
One of the city's busiest and most dangerous intersections was about to become an even bigger headache for drivers, as crews begin a major overhaul in Bucktown.
In an effort to reduce the number of traffic congestion and crashes at one of the most accident-prone intersections in the city, work was scheduled to begin Thursday to reconfigure the six-corner intersection of Damen, Elston, and Fullerton avenues.
The shooting–which may have been gang-related–happened about 7:25 p.m. in the 6400 block of South Damen Avenue, according to preliminary information from police.
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Both victims are students who were in the chemistry lab on the 3rd floor of the school when they were burned. Although their injuries were not serious, they did require medical treatment.
About 12:35 a.m., a 23-year-old man was driving a silver van south on Damen Avenue near 69th Street. The man didn't stop at a red light and hit an SUV that was traveling west on 69th Street. The man driving the van hit a pole before stopping, police said.
Nine Chicago Public Schools students were taken to hospitals with minor injuries Thursday after their school bus sideswiped a beam on their way to school, but the driver apparently didn't report the accident right away.
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Chicago police said that two other people went into the apartment and began shooting at the victims.
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Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Health department officials said the case does not appear to be linked to new migrant arrival shelters in Chicago, and the source of infection is unknown.
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Chicago police said that two other people went into the apartment and began shooting at the victims.
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Indiana State, Porter County Sheriff's, and Valparaiso police officers saturated the neighborhood where it all happened Thursday afternoon.
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