Motorcyclist ejected after colliding with car in Joliet
Both drivers were taken to Ascension St Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
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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.
A 51-year-old man from Rockdale had been riding a motorcycle north on Chicago Street, when he hit a guardrail near Interstate 80, and was thrown from the bike.
A woman is dead and a man is in serious condition after a motorcycle crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Friday morning.
Police in Elgin said a motorcycle crash that left a man dead last month started with a street race in which speeds accelerated between 88 and 114 mph.
Police said the 36-year-old man was riding his motorcycle east on Diversey near Lavergne around 9:30 p.m., when a black SUV rear-ended him and did not stop.
A 30-year-old man from south suburban Wilmington was killed Monday in a three-vehicle crash around 9 p.m. on Route 45, according to Illinois State Police.
One person was killed, and two others were injured early Thursday, when a motorcycle collided with a car in south suburban Burnham.
Hundreds of people honored two first responders who died over the weekend in a motorcycle accident by participating in a memorial motorcycle bike ride. Loved ones of the victims, along with the victims' extended biker and EMT families, offered support in a time of great grief.
Steven Lajin was riding his motorcycle west on Devon Avenue a couple blocks west of the Edens Expressway, when a small black vehicle rear-ended him.
A motorcyclist was critically injured in a crash late Tuesday on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side.
Bahnan Dawood, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The victim was thrown from the motorcycle and into oncoming traffic, where he was struck by a Jeep Wrangler traveling west on 55th Street.
A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a pickup truck Thursday evening in north suburban Morton Grove.
The driver of the motorcycle, 26-year-old Joseph D. Giuliano of DeKalb, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 28-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash early Wednesday in west suburban Oak Park.
