Three Family Members Killed In Des Plaines Crash
Three people were killed, and two others were injured in a two-vehicle collision Sunday evening in northwest suburban Des Plaines.
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Three people were killed, and two others were injured in a two-vehicle collision Sunday evening in northwest suburban Des Plaines.
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Michael Bennett had last been seen about 11 a.m. Friday when a hospital transport driver dropped him off at Touhy Avenue and Maple Street in Des Plaines, state police said. He was supposed to be taken to a nursing home in the 2400 block of West Touhy.
Michael Bennett was last seen about 11 a.m. Friday when a JWS transport driver dropped him off at the intersection of Touhy Avenue and Maple Street in Des Plaines, Illinois State Police said.
Around 9 p.m., a Mercedes Benz was traveling at a very high rate of speed on Northwest Highway, when it crashed head-on into a Chevy Impala that was attempting to turn into a parking lot near Mount Prospect Road.
A man has been charged with striking two men with his van, killing one, then taking off Tuesday morning in northwest suburban Des Plaines.
Police are searching for the driver of a van that struck two men, killing one, as they were crossing the street Tuesday morning in northwest suburban Des Plaines.
Jeremy Wood, 36, was charged with bank robbery for robbing two separate TCF Bank branches inside Jewel-Osco stores — at 1500 S. Lee St. in Des Plaines on Tuesday and 2501 W. Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg on Wednesday, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in U.S. District Court.
A bank was robbed Tuesday morning in northwest suburban Des Plaines.
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