At Least 4 Taken To Hospital, 1 With Life-Threatening Injuries, After Crash On Edens Expressway At Lake Cook Road
A terrifying crash on the Edens Expressway tied up traffic for hours Saturday.
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A terrifying crash on the Edens Expressway tied up traffic for hours Saturday.
Police are investigating a reported shooting on the Eden's Expressway near Old Orchard Road.
Northbound lanes are closed as police respond to a crash involving a motorcycle on I-94 near Wilson Avenue.
A driver suffered life-threatening injuries upon crashing into a commercial vehicle on the shoulder of the Edens Expressway at Cicero Avenue late Thursday.
A man was arrested after a carjacking attempt near the Eden's Expressway Tuesday night.
The two left northbound lanes of the Edens Expressway near Wilson Avenue were closed to traffic Saturday morning just before 9 a.m. due to a fatal traffic crash.
There was a shooting investigation overnight on the Edens Expressway near Elston Avenue.
A serious crash on the Eden's Expressway sends five people to the hospital.
Some drivers tried to drive through the standing water, while others were stuck on the road.
Meghan Fenner, 54, is charged with felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.
A suspect is in custody, following a standoff with Illinois State Police in Skokie, which prompted police to shut down part of the Edens Expressway for more than three hours.
An 18-year-old and two juveniles face charges in connection with an aggravated robbery in Lake Forest.
Three vehicles were involved in a fatal crash near Skokie on the Edens Expressway early Sunday.
A crash on the outbound Edens Expressway Tuesday morning at Keeler Avenue has snarled traffic, with the jam backed up to the Kennedy Expressway, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Five vehicles were involved in what police are calling a "serious" crash on Edens Expressway in Northbrook Sunday afternoon.
A water main broke in north suburban Lincolnwood overnight, and commuters endured long waits this morning at one busy intersection.
Three people were injured, one of them critically, when three cars collided on the Edens Expressway amid a rainy morning commute on Thursday
Construction is underway on the Edens Expressway to make room for the addition of the "bus on shoulder" program, according to IDOT.
A person driving a stolen vehicle was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon on the Edens Expressway near north suburban Northfield, according to police.
The Touhy Avenue exit ramp on the northbound Edens Expressway was reopened Monday morning, after Illinois State Police found no evidence to confirm an earlier report of shots fired on the expressway near Lincolnwood.
The semi rolled over on I-94 near Dempster about 7:20 a.m. and blocked all northbound lanes, according to Illinois State Police.
A man was fatally struck by a van on the Edens Expressway early Wednesday when his vehicle ran out of gas and he tried to run across the expressway in north suburban Wilmette, police said.
Anyone who has used the Kennedy Expressway at rush hour knows how bad the traffic can be, so it should come as no big surprise that it has been ranked as the worst bottleneck in the country.
A 25-year-old man was struck and killed by a semi on the Edens Expressway in north suburban Northfield after he had stopped when his motorcycle hit a deer, according to Illinois State Police.
Video from the scene captured firefighters pulling a person from a car that appeared to have slammed into a wall at the exit.
Fire officials say both victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
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Video from the scene captured firefighters pulling a person from a car that appeared to have slammed into a wall at the exit.
Fire officials say both victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
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