Anna, Illinois– April 26, 2018 (WSIL ABC 3) According to a report on WSIL ABC 3, April is distracted driving awareness month. Law enforcement officials are hoping that their increased presence on the roads this month and focus on catching distracted drivers in the act will promote driver awareness throughout the year. Distracted driving causes…
Continue reading…Speeding Drivers Cause Nine-Car Chain Reaction Crash in Chicago
Chicago, Illinois– April 26, 2018 (ABC 7 Chicago) According to a report from ABC 7 Chicago, police are looking for the two drivers who caused a nine-vehicle chain reaction accident on Wednesday night. The crash happened around eleven in the evening, in Gage Park. Two cars sped down the 3000-block of West 55th Street. One…
Continue reading…Man Killed in Single-Car Crash in Carrier Mills, Illinois
Carrier Mills, Illinois – April 25, 2018 (Harrisburg Register) According to a report in the Harrisburg Register, one man died in a single-car wreck on Monday. The early afternoon crash happened when the sixty-four-year-old man lost control of his vehicle as he tried to pass another vehicle. According to officials, the man was traveling at a…
Continue reading…Update – Driver Cited in Pedestrian Crash That Killed a Two-Year-Old Child in Chicago
Chicago, Illinois – April 25, 2018 (Streetsblog Chicago) According to an article on Streetsblog Chicago, the driver of a van that hit and killed a two-year-old boy and injured his aunt was cited for failing to exercise due care for pedestrians in the roadway. The sixty-nine-year-old woman was making a left turn when she hit Kiare…
Continue reading…Fatal Motor Vehicle Wreck at Intersection in Gerlaw, Illinois
Gerlaw, Illinois– April 25, 2018 (Journal Star) According to a report in the Journal Star, a young woman was killed in a two-car crash on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred when the woman drove through a stop sign and into an intersection, where the front corner of her vehicle was hit by a pickup truck….
Continue reading…Woman Trapped Under Car, Hurt in Crash in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Woman Trapped Under Car, Hurt in Crash GLEN ELLYN, IL— April 24, 2018 (Glen Ellyn Patch) According to an article on Patch.com, a sixty-one-year-old woman was injured in an accident that trapped her underneath her car. The early afternoon accident happened in the parking lot of an Aldi supermarket. The woman was standing outside of…
Continue reading…Truck and Car Accident Collision on Route 31 in Crystal Lake, Illinois
Two Injured In Two-Car Accident on Route 31 in Crystal Lake, Illinois CRYSTAL LAKE, IL— April 24, 2018 (Crystal Lake Patch) According to a report from Patch.com, two people were hurt in an accident on Route 31 yesterday. The road was closed for about an hour after the collision between a Lincoln sedan and an…
Continue reading…Rollover Accident in Lake Zurich Accident at Route 22 and Quentin Road
Rollover Crash in Lake Zurich Injures Two Lake Zurich– April 21, 2018 (Chicago Tribune) According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, two people were hurt in a wreck at the intersection of Route 22 and Quentin Road. One of the vehicles rolled over before it came to rest upside-down. The accident victims were taken…
Continue reading…Catastrophic Fatal Car Accident on Route 120 in Volo, Illinois
Woman Dies In Crash On Route 120 Volo, Illinois– April 19, 2018 (The Chicago Tribune) According to a report in The Chicago Tribune, A twenty-four-year-old woman from Round Lake Park was killed in a two-vehicle crash last Wednesday. The collision occurred when a red SUV traveling eastbound on Route 120 hit a white sedan that…
Continue reading…Tragic, Fatal Car Collision in Champaign, Illinois
Teen Dies After Suffering Multiple Injuries In Two-Car Crash CHAMPAIGN, Ill.– April 20, 2018 (WCIA) According to a report on Illinoishomepage.com, a teenager was killed in a two-car collision early Friday morning. Nineteen-year-old Justin Shaw died from the severe injuries that he suffered during the wreck. Reports regarding the accident do not say whether Justin…
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