1 dead in motorcycle crash with truck in Cicero
One person was killed after a motorcycle and a truck collided.
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One person was killed after a motorcycle and a truck collided.
The crash happened just before 6 a.m. in the 3500 block of South Cicero Avenue.
The injured man climbed up the hill in New Berlin, Wisconsin, for hours until a passing driver saw him lying on the shoulder and stopped to help.
The crash happened on Saturday, around 8:30 p.m., in the area of Route 59 and Diemer Street.
A woman is critically injured, and a motorcyclist is facing felony charges after a crash near Antioch, Illinois, Saturday evening.
Chicago police say the woman was traveling northbound on a three-wheel motorcycle when it collided with the bus, also traveling northbound.
Joliet police say a Toyota Camry collided with a Harley Davidson XL1200 motorcycle after initiating a left turn.
The motorcycle hit the back of a white Toyota Prius and caught fire, state police said.
Illinois State Police say a person on a motorcycle crossed onto a ramp as a person in a white car was driving down the ramp.
Police said the motorcyclist was transferred from Ascension St Joseph Medical Center to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois, for further treatment.
No arrests have been made.
Just before 1 a.m., officers from the Herrin Police Department, the Energy Police Department, and the Williamson County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) pursued a fleeing motorcycle in Herrin.
A bystander was already performing CPR on one of two downed motorcycle riders who were unconscious on the pavement when paramedics arrived.
Police said a 19-year-old man was headed west on a motorcycle on Irving Park Road shortly before 2 a.m., when he ran a red light at a high rate of speed at Central Avenue, and hit a car headed north on Central Avenue.
Both drivers were taken to Ascension St Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the SUV that hit the motorcycle was test-driving the vehicle from a local dealership.
Witnesses said the driver of the motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed while weaving in and out of traffic.
Police said the victim was riding his motorcycle northbound on Cicero Avenue when he struck a vehicle that was attempting to turn eastbound onto Barry Avenue.
He was taken to Ascension St. Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department in critical condition.
The operator of the motorcycle, a 55-year-old man from Skokie, was found by Deputy Dwight Arrowood with a major leg wound that was bleeding significantly.
Initial reports say the semi-tractor trailer combination was exiting a private drive southbound when the motorcyclist, a 50-year-old man, was traveling northbound on Northwest Highway when it struck the semi.
The motorcyclist was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition.
He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
A motorcyclist is hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash in Bridgeview Wednesday evening.
A motorcyclist is in serious condition after colliding with a semi-truck in Naperville Wednesday morning.
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