
Crash sends semi careening into building in West Chicago
A semi truck crashed into a building and caught fire Wednesday afternoon in suburban West Chicago, police said.
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A semi truck crashed into a building and caught fire Wednesday afternoon in suburban West Chicago, police said.
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The fire started on the second floor, and spread quickly – trapping residents in their units. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
"This is one of the fires where you walk through and expect to see somebody very seriously injured and we are very fortunate that did not happen today."
CBS 2's Noel Brennan reports as windows are being boarded up, water used to douse the flames is still dripping from the ceilings, and as bad as this fire was, everyone escaped with their lives.
CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reports many others are now displaced as a result of the fire.
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Parts of Barnhart Street and Bainbridge Boulevard remain closed as of 1 p.m. Residents are advised to avoid the area.
West Chicago police responded to a call of a hit-and-run involving a vehicle and a pedestrian near Joliet Street and Wilson Street.
The area was closed for hours.
The most recent happened overnight on Joliet Street near Route 59. The area was closed for hours. On Saturday evening, another person was hit and killed on 900 Hawthorne Lane.
Police did not specify how many people were injured or the extent of the injuries.
Part of Fabyan Parkway in suburban West Chicago was closed on Wednesday as a result of a car crash with injuries. West Chicago police said they were at the scene of the accident on Fabynan Parkway. Police did not specify how many were injured or the extent of the injuries.
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A man has been hospitalized after a house fire in unincorporated West Chicago.
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