October 24, 2018 – The Chicago Sun-Times reports that two people are dead and one is injured following a motor vehicle wreck that was caused by a shooting. The incident happened near Calumet Park on I-57, near 123rd Street. Gunshots fired from inside of one vehicle damaged another vehicle before the car that had been shot…
Continue reading…Fatal Accident Kills One in Northfield, Illinois on October 23, 2018
Northfield, Illinois – October 23, 2018 – The Chicago Sun-Times reports that an eighty-five-year-old woman is dead after a two-vehicle accident in Northfield. Her death was caused by multiple injuries that she received in the crash, and her death has been ruled an accident. This accident calls attention to an automobile accident risk factor that many…
Continue reading…Two Die in Wreckon Archer in Homer Glen, Illinois – October 22, 2018
Homer Glen, Illinois – October 22, 2018 – NBC Chicago reports that two people are dead following an automobile wreck that happened in Homer Glen Sunday night. The crash happened when a man was driving a car northbound on Archer and crossed the median, striking the car of a woman who had been driving in the…
Continue reading…Single-Car Crash Injures One in Wheeler, Illinois
WHEELER, Ill. — A single-car accident in Wheeler, Illinois inflicted injuries upon the driver. The crash happened on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, around 3:25 p.m. according to the Effingham Daily News. The driver of the vehicle required an airlift to a nearby trauma center for emergency treatment of her injuries. Police have not released any…
Continue reading…Accident on U.S. Route 24 in Iroquois County, Illinois Accident Injures Three
Iroquois County, IL– An accident on the Illinois-Indiana state line in Iroquois County sends three people to the hospital with severe injuries the Daily Journal reported. The Illinois State Police dispatched from District 21 stated that the head-on crash happened around 4:05 p.m. on U.S. Route 24, near the 3190E Road on Thursday, October 18, 2018.*…
Continue reading…Seemingly Intentional Crash Kills One, Injures Another
CHICAGO– Chicago Police are leading a manhunt for the person who appeared to have intentionally run down several people standing on a sidewalk in the Englewood section of the city. ABC7Chicago.com reports that 52-year-old grandmother died and a 19-year-old man suffered severe injuries in the hit-and-run crash that seemed intentional according to witnesses.* The Cook County…
Continue reading…Head-On Crash Kills One in Dixon, Illinois
DIXON, Ill. — A crash between two pickup trucks kills one person on Illinois Route 2, situated to the northeast of Dixon. The fatal collision happened on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, about 3:30 p.m. according to wqad.com.The leading cause of the fatality remains under investigation by the Lee County Sheriff’s Department.* Sheriff’s deputies have yet…
Continue reading…Rollover Crash Kills Child in East Side, Chicago, Illinois
October 11, 2018 – The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a 3-year-old boy is dead following a rollover wreck. The crash happened on Sunday morning, in the East Side neighborhood, in the 9800 block of South Avenue G. The driver of the vehicle that the boy was riding in hit a pole, and the vehicle rolled onto…
Continue reading…Pregnant Woman Dies in Horrific Wreck in Streamwood, Illinois
October 9, 2018 – NBC Chicago reports that a pregnant woman has died after being struck by a vehicle as she and another person tried to push her disabled car out of the roadway. The accident happened in northwest Streamwood, at around seven thirty in the evening. A family friend had received a call from the…
Continue reading…Crash on Saturday Night Leaves Two Dead in Donnellson, Illinois
DONNELLSON, IL- The demoinesregister.com reports that two people were killed in a vehicle collision a little before midnight last Saturday, October 6, 2018. The crash took place when a 2004 Ford Expedition driving west on Highway 2 drifted over the centerline and into oncoming traffic. The Expedition crashed head-on into a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu that…
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