Chicago Firefighter Among The 2 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On I-57
Firefighter Brian Schofield was one of the two men killed Sunday night in a wrong-way car crash on I-57.
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Firefighter Brian Schofield was one of the two men killed Sunday night in a wrong-way car crash on I-57.
"I'd do anything to give him his life back. I'd give my own life for him."
The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. at I-57 at 101st Street, state police say. Outbound lanes were closed as authorities investigated.
Jacob Dochee was killed in a fiery crash on I-57 near Matteson Friday night.
One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Friday in south suburban Posen, police said.
Four people are dead after two evening and overnight crashes in Morgan Park and the Edens Spur.
At least one person was shot early Monday on I-57 on the Far South Side, fire officials said.
The motorcyclist crashed the bike into a guardrail in the inbound lanes of I-57 near 107th Street, according Illinois State Police.
Illinois State Trooper Anthony Martino says they received calls at about 2:20 p.m. about multiple vehicles hit by bullets.
Two of the suspects died in that crash. The four officers sustained non-life threatening injuries. The chase and crash are still under investigation.
Shortly after midnight, a woman was driving north on the highway when her car was shot between the U.S. Route 30 and Vollmer Road exits, according to Illinois State Police. She was not hurt.
A man was shot to death in a car on Interstate 57 Wednesday night near south suburban Blue Island.
Six people were shot across Chicago from about midnight into early Friday, including four wounded in separate attacks within 25 minutes of each other.
Illinois State Police shut down all northbound lanes of I-57 for approximately three hours overnight, after a man was shot on the expressway in the Morgan Park neighborhood.
ne person is recovering from a drive-by shooting that shutdown a portion of the I-57 expressway early Saturday morning.
A motorcyclist was killed and two other people were injured in a crash on I-57 late Saturday on the Far South Side, police said.
A man was shot early Saturday while driving on I-57 on the South Side.
Alcohol was a factor in a single-vehicle rollover crash that injured two people on Interstate 57 in south suburban Country Club Hills late Sunday, police said
Wesley Peak, 36, was driving nort on I-57 when he was involved in a single vehicle traffic crash, officials said.
Police said the driver was heading south on I-57 when his car left the road near 159th Street, and hit an unoccupied construction truck – a pickup truck with a cherry picker mounted on the back.
Illinois State Police said a white Chevy sedan headed south on I-57 rear-ended a Dodge Caravan near U.S. Route 30 around 2:15 a.m.
A man in his 70s died after the dump truck he was driving rolled over Saturday morning in the south suburbs.
About 6:30 p.m., the team was headed back to Carbondale after finishing their game against the Illinois State University Redbirds in Normal, when the driver of the team bus pulled over on Interstate 57 due to poor visibility
The jack-knifed truck was first reported about 2:25 a.m. near Wentworth Avenue.
The crash occurred about 9:30 p.m. when a minivan hit a guardrail and rolled over in the southbound lanes of I-57 near 111th Street about 9:30 p.m.
Des Plaines police said the USPS driver claimed that he temporarily lost control of his vehicle, leading to the crash.
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Elgin police officers were told by the agent that the crash occurred while they were conducting an enforcement activity.
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