Public Citizen, a consumer watchgroup involved in promoting driving safety and decreasing car accidents, has filed a petition to the National Highway Safety Administration to reconsider the rules propounded designating seating positions and seat belt assembly. The rule is due to take effect next month. Public Citizen objects to the inadequate safety standards.
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Illinois police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed an Illinois pedestrian and injured another last Thursday in a Chicago suburb. An 18 year-old was walking on Lake Street when a car struck her and a friend. The car accident victim was pronounced dead at a Chicago-area hospital soon thereafter.
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A man has died from a car accident despite the efforts of a police officer and two other men who tried to save him after a car crash early Friday morning. The police officer and two men lifted his car off him of after the car accident. The car crash victim was pinned under his car after his car rolled over and he was partially ejected. Unfortunately, he was not breathing when rescuers arrived.
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Eight people, including two paramedics, were injured in a Chicago car accident Saturday morning. The car crash involved a four-vehicle collision that included the paramedics’ ambulance. All victims were transported to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
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A stalled vehicle was among a dozen vehicles involved in a “chain reaction” car crash on the Ontario Street feeder ramp on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago, Illinois. No one was personally injured, but the ramp had to be closed for a short time while two vehicles were removed from the roadway after the automobile accident. The “chain-reaction” car crash was said to be caused by the stalled vehicle. At this time, no automobile accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
An elderly man was killed when his car struck a building in Chicago’s suburban Harvey. The 81-year-old man died of multiple personal injuries after his vehicle slammed into a building at 147th and Green streets. Emergency crews responded to the car crash and the man was pronounced dead at the hospital. The police declined to provide further details and no lawsuits have been filed at this time. To read the full story, click here.
Two separate car crashes happened near the same exit on Chicago’s Edens Expressway. The first car crash occurred after a man sparked a three-car crash by driving in the wrong direction on the Edens, just south of Peterson Avenue. About 1 ½ hours later, a man apparently feel asleep behind the wheel and smashed into a state trooper’s vehicle. The first man was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after he allegedly drove south in the northbound lanes of the Edens which caused a Honda to swerve into a ditch. The man also hit the front of a Toyota. Although there were no reports of major personal injuries, two of the drivers were hospitalized with personal injuries. Later, a man reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and smashed into a State Police trooper’s vehicle. The trooper’s car was blocking one of the northbound lanes just north of Peterson when the car accident occurred. The man was cited for failure to yield, improper lane usage and violating Scott’s Law, which calls for a fine of up to $10,000 for motorists who don’t drive cautiously around parked police cruisers, fire trucks and other emergency vehicles with activated lights. To read the full story, click here.
Survivors of two victims killed in a fatal car accident have filed an Illinois personal injury lawsuit against the driver and his employer. The Illinois driver was working for a company when the tow truck he was driving allegedly crashed into a stalled SUV a couple weeks ago.
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Authorities are investigating an automobile crash in the Chicago suburb of Monee that left one man dead. The car crash occurred at South Egyptian Trial and Watson Road in Monee, Illinois. The 25-year-old man was pronounced dead after being taken to the hospital with grave personal injuries. At this time no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
Metra trains were temporarily halted in the Chicago west suburbs after a freight train struck a vehicle and killed its 91-year-old driver. The line runs between Aurora and Chicago’s Union Station stopped after the collision near Cass and Burlington Avenues in Westmont. The man was killed in the train accident when the train slammed into his silver sedan on the tracks. His car was dragged down the tracks past the Westmont passenger platform in the train crash. Trains began operating approximately two hours after, but many were delayed following the train accident. While the investigation continues, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
Two teenagers died in a car accident after a speeding car packed with minors went off a road in the Chicago suburb of Long Grove. Three other children, two teen brothers and their 8-year-old sister, were critically personally injured. The crash occurred in the evening near Driftwood Lane in Lake County. The 15-year-old was driving when a Chevrolet Cobalt when one of its tires went off the road in the car accident. The car then veered back across the road, struck a picket fence and a driveway and then went airborne before crashing through several trees and coming to rest with the rear of the car against a large tree. The driver was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. A 14-year-old girl who was sitting behind the driver in the vehicle was thrown out during the car crash and was dead on the scene. A 15-year-old, 13-year-old and 8-year-old were all critically personally injured and taken to the hospital. The sheriff’s office is investigating why a 15-year-old, who was too young to have a driver’s license, was driving when the car crash occurred. At this time, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
As the sun sets sooner and the days growing shorter, many people are doing more nighttime driving. That means more automobile accidents. Studies show that pedestrians walking during the evening rush hour are three times more likely to be struck and killed by cars in the weeks after the fall time change. However, surveys show two-thirds of pedestrians say they don’t take extra precautions this time of year. This means drivers need to be extra careful and should follow these tips:
*Keep your eyes moving and away from glare. If a driver focuses on the white lines
on the side of the road, they’ll avoid oncoming headlights and be able to spot
pedestrians.
*Pedestrians are more likely to cross the street when you’re turning at a green light
or turning right on red, so drivers should take an extra look to make sure that the
path is clear.
*Remember pedestrians always have the right of way, even if they’re crossing where
they shouldn’t. It is the driver that must stop!
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A three-year-old boy was personally injured after walking into the path of a car on the South Side of Chicago. The boy walked from between parked cars into the path of the car in the 1200 block of West 78th Street. The boy was taken to the University of Chicago’s Children’s Hospital in “stable” condition with personal injuries. The personal injuries were not believed to be in a “life-threatening” condition. No citations were issued in the automobile accident. At this time no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
Three people were personally injured and in critical condition after a speeding car crashed into a parked car on the south side of Chicago. This caused a chain reaction that led to a car fire and damaged two nearby businesses. The car accident happened when a Honda Civic struck a Buick LeSabre parked at 5608 W. 63rd St. The driver of the vehicle and his two passengers were hospitalized with personal injuries. The driver was cited for failure to reduce speed and for operating an uninsured vehicle following the car accident. At this time, no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A unknown vehicle struck and seriously personally injured an elderly man near West 116th Place and South Peoria Street in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Police are asking for the public’s help finding the vehicle that struck and personally injured the elderly man in the hit-and-run crash in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood. The vehicle failed to stop after it struck the man and fled the scene. Police are still investigating the hit-and-run crash and looking for the identity of the driver of the vehicle. At this time, no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
No one was personally injured when a school bus with three kids aboard overturned in the Chicago suburb of Lake in the Hills. The bus crash happened in the afternoon at the intersection of Reed Road and Northbridge Drive. A vehicle and a school bus somehow collided and caused the bus to turn over on its side in the bus accident. Everyone was out of the bus after the bus accident, including the three children when emergency crews arrived on the scene. No personal injuries were reported in the bus accident. The location of the bus accident spreads over the Chicago suburbs of Huntley and Lake in the Hills. While the investigation continues, no bus accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A man was killed when the speeding car he was driving left the roadway, rolled over a struck a tree on the Stevenson Expressway near the Chicago suburb of Forest View. The man was driving a 1997 Cadillac DeVille which crashed into the southbound lanes of the Stevenson Expressway. Witnesses told police the man was driving at a “very high rate of speed” when the car left the roadway, rolled over and struck a tree. The 64-year-old man was pronounced dead at Loyola Hospital in Maywood, Illinois. No other personal injuries were reported in the car accident and the driver was the only person in the vehicle. Police are investigating why the motorist lost control of the car or if alcohol was involved. All lanes were closed after the automobile accident. To read the full story, click here.
A man died after his sport-utility vehicle collided with a school bus in Orland Park, Illinois. The man was taken to the hospital for treatment of his personal injuries and was pronounced dead about an hour after the automobile accident. The man was traveling east on Southwest Highway at 179th Street in his SUV when he collided with a mid-size school bus owned by Alpha Bus Services in Crestwood, Illinois. Two men were also treated for minor personal injuries at the scene. At this time no bus accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
Twenty people were personally injured after a car rear-ended a CTA bus on the Near West Side of Chicago. The bus accident happened in the morning at Roosevelt Road and Blue Island Avenue. A third car apparently careered off the road and into a fence in the car accident. A total of 20 people were taken to the hospital with personal injuries. Most of those personally injured were on the No. 12 Roosevelt Bus. Their personal injuries mostly consisted of scrapes and bruises. The drivers of the two cars were also personally injured, and the driver of the blue car that slammed into the back of the bus is in serious condition. The bus was stopped at the intersection when it was rear-ended in the car accident. There were roughly 30 passengers on the bus at the time of impact and the driver was one of those personally injured. Police could not comment on why the driver hit the back of the bus in the car accident or if any citations have been issued. At this time no personal injury lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A 5-year-old boy died in a car accident in Naperville, Illinois near West Bailey Road. The 5-year-old was in a car seat in a vehicle that had pulled to the side of the road when it was struck by another vehicle. He was pronounced dead at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Officers and emergency personal responded to the scene of the multi-vehicle crash. Two vehicles were involved in a crash near the intersection at Plainfield-Naperville Road and West Bailey Road and because of the severity of the crash the occupants of both vehicles were taken to the hospital for treatment of their personal injuries. The exact number of victims who had personal injuries was not available. While the car crash investigation continues, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A pedestrian was hit by several cars last night while attempting to cross the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive. The man suffered serious personal injuries and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious condition. The accident occurred at the 2900 block of North Lake Shore Drive shortly before 8:45 p.m. A Chicago Police Department investigation is currently underway.
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Six Chicago police officers were personally injured when their patrol cars crashed into each other on the way to a call. Officers were responding to a report of a man with a gun when the car accident occurred in the 3600 block of West Roosevelt Road in Chicago, Illinois. All six officers were taken to the hospital with personal injuries and are in stable condition. One had a broken leg and one had a broken ankle. No lawsuits have been filed at this time. To read the full story, click here.
A cab driver was killed and two people were personally injured in an automobile accident in Woodridge, Illinois. The cab driver, who was from Chicago, was driving the taxi when it was struck by another vehicle at Joliet and Davey Roads. The survivors suffered what were thought to be non-life-threatening personal injuries. The car crash occurred in the middle of the afternoon and involved three vehicles. The man was pronounced dead approximately an hour and a half later. While the police continue their investigation, no personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A Tinley Park motorist was killed when her car struck a concrete barrier on Interstate Highway 55 near Plainfield, Illinois. Early in the morning, a 2007 Lincoln was northbound on I-55 near Highway 30 and it was moving erratically between the three traffic lanes. Just north of U.S. 30, the car suddenly veered into a concrete median barrier. It then returned across all the northbound lanes and struck a steel guardrail. Once again the car crossed the northbound lanes again and struck the median barrier. People on the scene were able to pull the driver from the car before it burst into flames. The driver however, was dead on the scene. It did not appear that she was wearing a seatbelt in the automobile accident. An investigation into the automobile accident continues. To read the full story, click here.
A Chicago man died after being struck by a vehicle at Barrington Road and Bristol Lane in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park. The man was pronounced dead in the early morning at the hospital. Another pedestrian was also hospitalized with personal injuries. Police said that no charges or citations have been filed against the driver in the automobile accident. At this no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A man was killed on the Southwest Side of Chicago after his vehicle struck a wrought-iron fence and he was ejected from the vehicle. The 30-year old driver was heading east on the 3600 block of West 55th Street when he lost control of the vehicle going over railroad tracks. He traveled over the south curb and then struck a wrought-iron fence which caused him to be ejected. The automobile then continued to travel north across 55th Street before stopping against a chain-link fence. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital. The man was killed in a single-vehicle crash. He died form head injuries suffered in the automobile accident. At this time the investigation is on-going and no lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
An 8-year-old boy was killed and his brother and uncle personally injured when the SUV they were in struck a Chicago building. An SUV crashed into a building on the 4500 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue. The 8-year-old boy was ejected from the automobile and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The man driving the SUV was taken to the hospital with personal injuries. Additionally the 12-year-old passenger was taken to a hospital with personal injuries. Sources said that the children were in the back seat when the driver, who was their uncle, struck a residential building. The driver was in police custody, but no charges had been filed. The police are still investigating the automobile accident and at this time, no lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A personal injury law firm just filed a car accident lawsuit on behalf of an 11 year-old injured in a car accident. The personal injury lawsuit alleged that the Yamaha Rhino side-by-side is a dangerously unstable and defective all terrain vehicle.
When the car accident occurred, the daughter was riding as a passenger in a Rhino ATV when the vehicle tipped over onto the passenger side. On the time, the vehicle was being operated normally. The personal injury victim sustained injuries to her knee, arm, foot, and ankle, requiring surgery and the amputation of four toes.
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An Illinois man was killed when the car he was riding in crashed into the porch of a Chicago suburban house. The driver of the automobile was driving westbound in the 600 block of East Chicago Street when he lost control of the automobile. The automobile hit the porch before coming to a stop in front of a nearby house. The 26 year old man was pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with personal injuries not believed to be life-threatening. At this time, no automobile accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A mother and her two children were killed in an automobile accident in southwest Joliet, Illinois. A vehicle traveling west at Gardner Blackstop struck a vehicle traveling south on Illinois Route 47. The impact forced the southbound vehicle to roll several times before coming to rest in a cornfield southwest of the intersection. A mother and her two children, all from Dwight Illinois, were killed in the crash. The 11 month old infant and the three year old boy were ejected from their seats in the car crash. They were taken to the hospital were they were pronounced dead. The children’s mother was pinned in the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. The police are investigating the automobile accident. At this time no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
One person was personally injured in a two car crash in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield. The two vehicles involved in the automobile accident were towed from the scene and one person was hospitalized with personal injuries. The hospitalized person had a head injury but it was not believed to be life-threatening. The crash was cleared up in about a half hour. According to unconfirmed fire dispatch reports, three ambulances were sent to a head-on crash with reports of entrapment. The police officer could not confirm that anyone was trapped in the vehicle and no other personal injuries were reported. At this time, no automobile accident lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A 10-year old boy was struck and killed by an automobile close to his home in unincorporated Cook County. The boy was riding a bicycle and was crossing a four-lane road with a median when he was hit by the car. He was not crossing at an intersection or crossing. The boy made it across the northbound lanes, but once he went to the southbound lanes there was a semi-truck and a van quickly approaching. The truck driver hit his brakes and avoided the boy, but the driver of the van couldn’t see the boy and struck him. The drivers of both vehicles immediately stopped and called 911. The boy was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead. Toxicology tests were administered to the driver of the van but results won’t be available for days and no citations were issued. To read the full story, click here.
A pedestrian was critically injured after being struck by a car in the South Loop of Chicago. The pedestrian was struck at Roosevelt Road and Wabash Avenue in the evening. The victim was taken to the hospital with personal injuries and is “extremely critical” condition in the hospital. The police Major Accidents Investigation Unit was responding to the scene. At this time, no lawsuits have been filed regarding the automobile accident. To read the full story, click here.
Two separate motorcycle crashes on the North Side stretch of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago left two people dead. The first occurred near Belmont Avenue when a car and motorcycle collided. The 34 year old man was pronounced dead approximately 40 minutes after the crash. About three hours later, a motorcycle traveling in the southbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive near Oak Street scraped the center median which caused the female passenger to be ejected from the bike and thrown into the northbound lanes. Preliminary information indicated that another vehicle may have been involved in the crash, but that car’s role is not immediately known. The 33 year old woman died from injuries she suffered during the crash and was pronounced dead shortly after the crash. The male driver of the motorcycle suffered minor personal injuries and was treated and released. He was not cited for the crash. While both motorcycle crashes are being investigated, no lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A soldier from the Chicago area was struck and killed by a car over the weekend near his Army base. The 23 year old was assigned to the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and was stationed in Texas. The man was struck as he was crossing a road near the base. The driver has been charged with striking a pedestrian. At this time, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A woman was killed after she exited her stalled car on South Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois. The woman went to look under the hood after her car stalled. She then was killed in a chain reaction crash. The 48 year-old woman stepped out to work on her stalled car in a southbound lane which cased the car behind her to stop. A third vehicle then collided into that car and pinned her underneath her own car. She died at the scene. The automobile accident occurred near 50th Street on Lake Shore Drive and police had to divert traffic. At this time, no wrongful death lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
Four people died in the early morning in a head-on collision in an Illinois County when a Pontiac Grand Am crossed the center line and slammed into a Pontiac Grand Prix. The driver, who was 18, of the Grand Am was airlifted to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Two passengers in his car, both 19, were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Grand Prix, also 19, was also pronounced dead at the scene. A preliminary investigation found that the Grand Am was driving south on Burlington Road when he crossed the center line and hit the Grand Prix who was driving northbound. Preliminary information shows drugs and alcohol appear to be factors in the automobile crash. While the investigation of the crash continues, no lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
A Mokena, Illinois man was killed after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed near an onramp to Interstate Highway 57 in the south Chicago suburb of Markham. The motorcycle crash occurred early in the morning and the 38-year-old man was riding with another cyclist down 159th Street onto the expressway. The other rider told investigators that he and the man slowed their motorcycles when they saw construction on the highway and he believes the man may have lost control when he was blinded by construction lights. The man’s motorcycle slid on its side into a nearby grassy area. The man was not wearing a helmet and suffered head trauma. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. At this time, no lawsuits have been filed. To read the full story, click here.
