Back-to-school season is always rife with emotions ranging from excitement to nervousness, anticipation to dread. However, most parents’ primary concern is their children’s safety and well-being. Whether your child will be taking the bus to school for the first time this year or they have done so for most of their lives, revisiting school bus…
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Assigning Responsibility After a Public Transit Accident
Public transit systems are the backbone of major U.S. cities, and the Chicago area is no different. Every day, CTA, Metra, and Amtrak get millions of residents and visitors where they want to go. When accidents inevitably occur involving public transit, the question of responsibility will necessarily arise. Assigning responsibility after a public transit accident…
Continue reading…School Buses Filled with Children Rammed from Behind by Big Rig; 17 People Hurt
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. — School-aged children from a local YMCA camp riding on three yellow school buses to a nearby beach for a field day never arrived as scheduled. Instead, a big rig pulling a trailer full of dirt, concrete, and rocks slammed into the rear of one bus. The first bus went violently forward into…
Continue reading…Multi-Vehicle Bus Crash Sends Five to Hospital in Northbrook, Illinois
NORTHBROOK, Ill. — Five people required rapid transport to areas hospitals after they sustained injuries in a four-vehicle crash. According to CBS 2 Chicago, the multi-vehicle accident occurred on Waukegan Road in Northbrook, which is on the municipality’s busiest thoroughfares. Northbrook Police responded immediately to reports concerning the multi-vehicle crash. The size and severity of the…
Continue reading…School Bus Collision in Wheaton, Illinois on February 8, 2019
WHEATON, IL – Nbcchicago.com writes that a school bus was involved in a car accident on Friday morning, February 8, 2019. The school bus was not transporting any passengers at the time.The bus struck a pole outside of the Wheaton North High School. The reported that the bus and another vehicle were involved in the…
Continue reading…Semi-Truck Strikes Charter Bus on Interstate 294 in Berkeley, Illinois
BERKELEY, IL- Nbcchicago.com writes that a semi-trailer caught fire after driving into a tractor-trailer that was on the shoulder of Interstate 294.* The crash took place at about 6:51in the evening close to Berkeley, Illinois. The truck driver was injured in the accident and was taken to Elmhurst Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The crash…
Continue reading…Two Vehicles and a Large Truck Involved in Dan Ryan Crash
CHICAGO, IL- Abc7chicago.com writes that three vehicles were involved in a serious collision on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Sunday at around 10:30 in the morning. Two passenger vehicles and a semi-truck collided resulting in injuries to two women.* The accident occurred close to 59th Street. The victims were identified as a 71-year-old womanand a 44-year-old woman….
Continue reading…School Bus Accident in Rock Island, Illinois on December 14, 2018
ROCK ISLAND, IL- Kwqc.com writes that a school bus was involved in a Rock Island crash on Friday, December 14, 2018. The crash happened at the intersection of 30th Street and 7th Avenue. None of the students from Milan or Rock Island schools were involved in the accident.* School bus crashes rarely result in injuries to the bus’s…
Continue reading…Crash Involving School Bus Being Investigated by Illinois State Police
SHAWNEETOWN, IL- Kfvs12.com writes that a school bus and a pickup truck collided on Monday, December 3, 2018, at about 3:20 in the afternoon. The preliminary reports indicate that the person driving the school bus stopped at a yield sign, then proceeded across North Lincoln Boulevard. The bus struck a Chevrolet Avalanche on its passenger…
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