Automobile Accidents

• Illinois man killed in fatal truck accident

  Barry Doyle | January 10, 2007 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An accident in Boone County, Indiana has left an Illinois man dead. The man was killed after he slowed for traffic which was backed due up to an accident ahead. A tractor-trailer was behind him and failed to slow with traffic and rear ended him.The impact caused his vehicle to leave the road and strike a concrete median, killing him.Accidents such as this demonstrate the tremendous power of...

• Illinois car wreck injures two

  Barry Doyle | January 07, 2007 2:48 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  An intersection collision in Centralia resulted in injuries to the driver and passenger of one of the vehicles involved. The intersection was controlled by a traffic light. The driver of one of the vehicles involved claimed that his brakes failed, and as a result, he entered the intersection on a red light. He received a traffic ticket for disobeying a traffic control device.The driver and...

• Crash with CTA bus injured six

  Barry Doyle | January 05, 2007 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A collision between a CTA bus and a car resulted in injuries to six people. The accident occurred when the car moved into the lane occupied by the bus. The bus hit the car, causing the car to spin out of control and the bus to leave the roadway, where it hit a pole.Three of the injured people were passengers on the bus. The two passengers and the driver of the car were also hurt. One of the...

• Hit-and-run results in fractured skull

  Barry Doyle | January 04, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A teen riding his bike home from work was struck by a hit-and-run driver on New Year's Eve. The driver fled the scene, but police are confident that they will eventually be able to identify the driver based on paint which was transferred onto the bicycle as well as paint chips left behind at the scene.The injured bicyclist suffered multiple traumatic injuries, including a fractured skull and...

• Woman Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident on Interstate 90

  Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  40-year-old Sophia Hughes of Beloit, Wisconsin, was killed on Wednesday morning in a traffic accident. The accident occurred on Interstate 90 near Illinois 173 in Northern Winnebago County.The woman lost control of her 1999 Oldsmobile slightly before 8:30 a.m. in an eastbound lane on I-90 near a construction zone. The car struck into a guardrail and crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck,...