Car Accidents
A recent accident highlights the dangers of suburban crosswalks where drivers often fail to yield to pedestrians. A 9-year-old girl was hospitalized after being hit by a car while she was crossing a street in Arlington…
A woman died after being hit by a car while crossing an intersection in Niles, Illinois. Police said the pedestrian accident occurred as Patricia Dahnke, 63, was walking in the Touhy Avenue and Central Avenue crosswalk…
A motorcyclist and his passenger died after being hit by a car in Belleville, Illinois. Authorities said the two-vehicle crash occurred just before 9 p.m. at the intersection of State Street and South Belt West. The…
A 25-year-old man was charged with two counts of reckless homicide of an unborn child and 14 counts of reckless homicide in a deadly car accident that occurred in rural Beecher, Illinois. An expectant mother and…
When distracted or irresponsible motorists collide with bicyclists, they can cause serious injuries or even death. In a recent case, an alleged hit-and-run driver is facing upgraded criminal charges after the death of an Illinois teenager…
A Chicago police officer’s attempt to handle a domestic dispute took an unexpected turn when he and the woman he was questioning became the victims of a hit-and-run accident. According to authorities, the 43-year-old male police…
Eight people were injured after a school bus collided with a motorcycle in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. The impact caused the school bus to crash into the fence of a parking lot. Emergency personnel and police rushed…
A Chicago man was charged with several felony and misdemeanor counts for a hit-and-run car accident that left an elderly pedestrian seriously injured. Jean Leonard, 38, was driving his car when he hit the 73-year-old victim…
Illinois sees thousands of truck accidents occurring on its roads and highways each year, many of which are fatal. In a recent case, a 48-year-old woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after being hit by a…
A teenager faces a felony charge in a hit-and-run crash in DuPage County, Illinois, that resulted in a man’s death and injury of four other passengers. Marlon K. Myles, 19, reportedly told authorities he fled the…