Driver dies after car crashes into pole, catches fire after hearing gunshots on West Side
According to a passenger, he and the driver were heading south down this alley when they heard gunshots and started to reverse.
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According to a passenger, he and the driver were heading south down this alley when they heard gunshots and started to reverse.
A large crowed was gathered on Tuesday afternoon in front of the Oak Lawn Police Department to rally in honor of the victim.
Police say Deni Rubio, 32, of Elgin, is now facing five felony charges in relation to the crash.
Police say the initial investigation indicates that alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, but no other information was given.
Initial reports say the car was traveling in the center lane behind the trailer when, for unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the vehicle and struck the rear passenger side of the trailer.
The victim was being driven by another 33-year-old man to the University of Chicago Medical Center when he struck another car and then a pole.
She recalled the final moment she shared with Marquita Reed, her best friend, four years ago.
Exactly four years ago, a Chicago police officer crashed into a restaurant and killed a woman. Prosecutors said the officer was drunk. For the first time, we heard from the friend who was with the victim the night of the crash.
First responders found the bicyclist severely injured. The driver was already gone.
It has been nearly three years since Walter Williams Jr. was hit and killed while on his bike.
The victim hasn't been identified.
The motorcyclist, a 56-year-old man, was pronounced dead on the scene.
The motorcyclist was taken to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Students will return to the school on Friday, after the crash and an unrelated fire at the school. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
So many students, teachers, and staff from the school showed up Thursday morning, Wheeling police had to help with traffic control.
Flowers and candles lined a sidewalk in Wheeling beside the intersection where four teens died in a car crash earlier this week. They were students and soccer players at Buffalo Grove High School. CBS 2's Noel Brennan went to Wheeling where dozens of students, teachers, and staff gathered to say goodbye.
Flowers and candles lined a sidewalk in Wheeling beside the intersection where four teens died in a car crash earlier this week. They were students and soccer players at Buffalo Grove High School. CBS 2's Noel Brennan went to Wheeling where dozens of students, teachers, and staff gathered to say goodbye.
Ruth Rau, 81, was a passenger in a car that crashed on the interstate in Montgomery County during the May 1 storm.
Illinois State Police say the three-car crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-94 around 12:30 a.m.
Illinois State Police say the three-car crash happened in the southbound lanes of I-94 around 12:30 a.m.
The crash happened on Monday around 10:55 a.m. on both northbound and southbound lanes between mile markers 72 and 78 near Farmersville in Montgomery County.
At least five other people died in the crash on Monday, which involved dozens of vehicles. Some 30 other people were hurt.
Loved ones remembered a central Illinois couple who died in the dust storm pileup earlier this week on Interstate 55 at their funeral service on Friday. Michael Zinchuk was born in Chicago, but he and his wife Amy called Champaign home. They were married for 30 years and leave behind three children.
State police again closed the same part of the highway on Tuesday amid similarly low-visibility weather conditions.
Northbound, southbound lanes have reopened on I-55 after dust storm causes deadly pileup south of Springfield.
