Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior killed in Bishop Ford Freeway crash
Homewood-Flossmoor High School identified the crash victim as Tom Mya Lyons. She was a senior.
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Homewood-Flossmoor High School identified the crash victim as Tom Mya Lyons. She was a senior.
Winnetka police said there is no indication of foul play, but the investigation is ongoing.
The lawyer for the woman who crashed into a building in Chatham, Illinois, Monday, killing four girls, spoke publicly for the first time Friday.
Illinois State Police said the driver who crashed into a building housing an after-school program in Chatham, Illinois, killing four, was not intoxicated at the time of the crash.
The three children and one teenager killed when a car crashed into an after-school program in downstate Chatham, Illinois, have been identified. The driver has also been identified.
The driver was later taken into custody, and police said charges are pending.
La Grange, Illinois, police are investigating whether a medical event may have played a role in a deadly car crash last week.
Iryna Kalach, 39, was arrested by Chicago police and members of the U.S. Marshal Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force on Thursday in the 1700 block of South State Street.
Both sedans came to rest in the yards of two separate residences, police said.
Police say a man of unknown age was driving a Chevy SUV with a passenger, a 40-year-old man, eastbound on Superior Street when they lost control and slammed into the Peninsula Chicago.
It happened around 2:42 a.m. in the 100 block of East Superior Street.
The Lake County Coroner's Office said that just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Route 60-83 and Taylor Lake Court.
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River Thursday was originally from the Chicago area.
It's unclear how many others were hurt.
One person was confirmed dead after a multi-vehicle crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway at 87th Street Sunday morning, Illinois State Police said.
The southbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway at 87th Street are shut down after a multi-vehicle crash Sunday morning, Illinois State Police said.
Illinois State Police said the crash happened just after 11:30 p.m. on northbound I-94 at 59th Street.
Preliminary investigation indicated that a Nissan sedan was stalled in the second, left inside lane. The semi was unable to stop and hit the rear end of the Nissan.
The pedestrian, a 33-year-old woman, was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene.
One of the occupants got out of the vehicle and was hit by another vehicle, state police said.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 5800 block of Roosevelt Road.
Saul A. Alba, 42, of Carpentersville, is facing multiple aggravated DUI charges, including being under the influence of alcohol involving death and driving on a revoked driver's license, among other traffic offenses.
A Barrington native on her way back to visit family said it's a miracle she and her partner survived being caught in a Kansas dust storm highway pileup involving more than 70 vehicles.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the boy was driving a REX110 ATV with an 8-year-old passenger heading northbound on the sidewalk between the 900 and 1000 block of Mission Boulevard.
An elderly woman was killed and four other people were injured in a McHenry County car crash near Marengo, Illinois, Sunday amid "whiteout conditions."
