Chicago Car Accident Lawyer Blog

A car accident occurred in Juneau County on August 23rd injuring a family of six from Chicago. The I-90 accident occurred when the driver of the car swerved into a ditch after a car cut into the lane she was driving in. When the car entered the ditch, it overturned injuring the driver and her five other passengers. For more information on this car accident, click here.

A Tinley Park man was killed in a car accident on August 31st after he ran a red light and his car jumped the curb and hit a utility pole. The victim was pronounced dead from the multiple injuries sustained in the car crash and at this time there is no information as to what caused the victim to crash his car. Toxicology tests are pending and witnesses claim that they victim slumped over the wheel immediately prior to the car accident. For more information on this Cook County car accident, click here.

A man from the far Chicago suburb of Essex was killed in an automobile crash after the driver of another vehicle ran a stop sign and their cars collided. The car crash occurred when a Chrysler sedan broadsided the man’s vehicle. His wife, who was in the vehicle as well, was personally injured. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver of the sedan was cited for failure to reduce speed and disobeying a traffic signal. There was no indication that drugs or alcohol played a role in the automobile accident. To read more about the Illinois automobile crash, please click the link.

A Midlothian, Illinois couple en route to Colorado to greet their son as he returned from Iraq was involved in a van crash. The husband was killed in the automobile accident in Colorado. His wife was at the wheel of their van and lost control, driving off the left side of the road. As she overcorrected the vehicle, it began to roll. All the windows broke and her husband was thrown from the van. The woman has been charged with the misdemeanor count of careless driving that caused death. The son was told of the automobile accident and the death of his father when he landed in Colorado. To read more about the tragic automobile accident, please click the link.

A car crash that killed four people on May 24th of this year is believed to have been the result of an East Carondelet woman driving under the influence of alcohol. The drunk driver’s car crashed into a SUV and three occupants of the SUV were killed in the accident, as well as the passenger in the drunken woman’s car. The Illinois woman was charged with 32 counts of aggravated driving, some relating to the deaths and others relating to the other injured passengers (four more were injured in the SUV). The charges were recently filed against the driver after investigation into the car crash showed that she was under the influence while driving. For more information on this Clinton County car accident, click here.

A car accident on I-74 that occurred on August 27th injured five people. The car accident occurred when a semi was driving on Interstate 74 and collided with a car pulling a trailer. Two other vehicles were then involved in the car crash, and the drivers of all four vehicles, as well as one other passenger, were taken to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries. For more information on this Oakwood car accident, click here.

A Illinois toddler is in the hospital after she was struck and dragged by a car on August 24th in Fox Lake. The car accident occurred when the young girl was playing in the street and a car backed out onto the road and ended up pinning her under the vehicle. The driver did not notice the young girl pinned under the car for about 200 feet. Luckily, the girl survived the car accident and while she is in critical condition she is stable. Charges against the driver are pending. For more information on this Lake County car accident, click here.

An Illinois motorcyclist was killed early this morning in Chicago when his motorcycle was involved in a car accident. The car accident occurred when the victim struck a car that was making a left turn and had a green light. No citations have been issued in connection with this car accident. For more information on this Chicago motorcycle accident, click here.

A one vehicle accident on Illinois 141 earlier this morning left the driver with minor personal injuries and two traffic citations. The car accident occurred when the driver crossed over the center line into the opposing traffic lane and drove into a ditch, causing his car to overturn. Luckily, the driver was wearing a seat belt and so his injuries were only minor. For more information on this White County car accident, click here.

A motorcyclist died early this morning following an automobile crash on the Far North Side of Chicago. The 52-year-old man was involved in the auto crash four days before he was declared dead following personal injuries. The man was driving a 2007 Harley-Davidson motorcycle when he struck a car driven by a woman who was making a left turn. The woman indicated that her traffic signal was green and no citations were issued after the automobile accident. To read more about the motorcycle crash, please click the link.

An Illinois man was killed while riding a scooter in Humboldt Park on August 23, 2009 when he struck a vehicle. The car accident occurred early in the morning hours and the victim was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a local hospital. The car involved in the car accident did not stop and fled the scene following the accident and therefore no one is in custody for the fatality. For more information on this Chicago car accident, click here.

Six people, including two children, were personally injured in a rollover automobile accident on Chicago’s Southside. All of the personally injured were in fair to serious condition. Police investigators stated that the automobile accident involved a rollover vehicle. If you have been involved in an automobile accident, find an Illinois lawyer. To read more about the rollover crash, please click the link.

A car crash early this morning left two Skokie residents dead. The car accident occurred near Skokie very early this morning when the vehicle the victims were in overturned. At this point it is unclear what caused this fatal car crash. Both people involved were pronounced dead shortly following the car accident at an area hospital. For more information on this Skokie car accident, click here.

A car accident earlier tonight on the Kennedy Expressway left three motorcyclists and another person injured. This car accident occurred in downtown Chicago and seems to have been a chain reaction in which three motorcycles struck each other and then one hit a car. Luckily traffic was moving slowly and all the motorcyclists were wearing helmets so no one was fatally injured. All of the motorcycle drivers as well as the driver of the car involved in the car accident were taken to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries. For more information on this Cook County car accident, click here.

Two Chicago police officers and one other person were injured in a Chicago car accident that occurred on August 19th. The car crash occurred when a police car and another vehicle crashed into each other. Both of the police officers were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and the civilian was taken to another local hospital and all were treated for minor personal injuries. For more information on this Chicago car accident, click here.

A car accident on I-90 on August 18th in a construction zone leaves four people dead. The car accident occurred when a car swerved into oncoming traffic hitting a van. The driver of the car was killed instantly and three people that were traveling in the van were also killed in the car accident. The area of the I-90 around the car accident was closed for several hours following the crash. For more information on this I-90 fatal car accident, click here.

An Oak Lawn man was killed on August 18th when he was riding his bicycle and was hit by a car. The car accident left the bicyclist dead just hours after the car hit him. The car was driven by a Chicago woman who hit the victim as he was biking across the traffic. The fatal accident reduced traffic to two lanes for three hours to allow the police to investigate the traffic accident. For more information on this Cook County car accident, click here.

A stolen SUV was involved in a South Side fatal car accident on the morning of August 17th. The stolen car slammed into concrete pillars after the driver lost control and was thrown from the vehicle and died immediately. There were beer cans found around the scene of the fatal accident but at this point it is unclear whether the victim was under the influence when the crash occurred. There were two other people in the car and they are both fine after the accident. For more information on this Chicago car accident, click here.

A Freeburg car accident that happened earlier today on Route 13 resulted in the death of a Lenzburg woman. The fatal car accident occurred when a pickup truck in which a teenager was driving crossed the center line and crashed head on with the victim’s car. The teenage pickup driver has been charged with a DUI. The teenager’s three passengers were taken to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries resulting from the car accident. For more information on this Freeburg car accident, click here.

A car accident occurred on the South Side of Chicago on the morning of August 8th. A mother was rushing her very sick child to University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital and ran a red light causing her car to crash into another vehicle. It is confirmed that the child has died, but it is not believed that the car crash caused his death. For more information on this Cook County car accident, click here.

A Pekin teen was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence of drugs after causing a fatal car accident in Tazewell County in which two Peoria residents were killed on July 11th. In convicted of the charges, the Pekin teen may face up to 28 years in Prison. Other drivers claim that the teen’s vehicle was swerving all over the road and other drivers had to dodge the car prior to the fatal car accident. For more information on this fatal Tazewell County car accident and the pending case, click here.

A car accident on Illinois 47 injured a Morris woman on August 11th. The young woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment of her personal injuries. The other driver was ticketed for going too fast given the road conditions and has a court date scheduled. The ticketed driver says that he was looking at traffic while trying to make a right turn when he rolled forward and struck the injured woman’s car. For more information on this car accident, click here.

A three-car accident that occurred in Illinois on August 9th may result in criminal charges. Four people were injured in the car accident which occurred when one of the cars involved was traveling at a very fast speed, crossed the center lane and then struck another car. The car that was struck then slammed into a parked car. Open containers of alcohol were found in the original car which caused the car accident. The car accident is still under investigation. For more information on this Illinois car accident, click here.

A car accident in suburban Chicago early this morning caused three people to be injured. The car crash involved five cars and none of the injuries were life-threatening. At this point, the cause of the accident is still unknown but police continue to investigate. I-90 outside of Chicago was blocked for about an hour to clean up. For more information on this Cook County car accident, click here.

A four car accident on Route 53 near Schaumburg on August 10 resulted in the injury of three people, one of which was critically injured. The collision appeared to be a chain-reaction accident occurring when a truck rear-ended an SUV, forcing the SUV into other vehicles. All the victims were taken to local hospitals for treatment of their personal injuries. The Sheriff’s department and Illinois State Police are still trying to piece together what happened to cause the car crash. For more information on this Schaumburg car accident, click here.

Illinois Public Act 96-143 creates a new offense of operating an uninsured motor vehicle that causes bodily harm to another person. It will now be a Class A misdemeanor under the Vehicle Code. The language states that if a person “causes, as a proximate result of the person’s operation of the motor vehicle, bodily harm to another person” they will have violated the statute. This new statute will greatly affect car accident cases in Illinois. To read the entire statute, please click the link.

Three ramp entrances to the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago have been closed in an attempt to reduce car accidents and to help improve traffic flow. Certain ramps are set to be closed permanently, while others are being closed temporarily and are being redesigned to hopefully help reduce the likelihood of car accidents in these areas. For more information on this ramp closing/reconstruction project, click here.

Three people were injured on August 8th on the Northwest side when a car crash occurred. Two of the victims were seriously injured and taken to a local hospital and a child that was also seriously injured was taken to Children’s Memorial Hospital for treatment of their personal injuries. Three other people were involved in the car crash, however they refused treatment at the scene. For more information on this car accident, click here.

An Illinois man suffered personal injuries when he got into a car accident with a car driving in front of him. The motorcyclist was driving along when the vehicle in front of him swerved to avoid getting into a car accident with a car that was backing up in the driving lane of the highway. The motorcyclist then clipped the back of the car that was backing up and was forced to take his motorcycle down and was thrown off. For more information on this motorcycle accident, click here.

An Illinois man was fatally injured when he was driving on I-57 and crossed over four lanes of traffic and then struck a median that divided the sides of the highway. The driver was pronounced dead not long after he arrived at the hospital. The police are still investigating what happened to lead to the car accident and that this point there is not much information because the driver was the only person in the vehicle. No one else was injured as a result of this car accident. For more information on this car accident, click here.

A man was found dead in his car following a car accident in which his car veered off of the I-290 earlier today. It seems as if the victim had suffered some type of incident while driving that caused him to cross all lanes and hit a light pole. Luckily, his car did not strike any other vehicles while crossing the highway and no one else was injured in this car accident. The official cause of death will not be known until an autopsy is completed. For more information on this fatal one-car accident, click here.

An Illinois man that was involved in a car accident when he hit a man and his dog, while allegedly rushing to get home, resulting in the death of both the man and the dog. The driver has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide and bail has been set at $750,000. Witnesses say that the car went out of control, struck mailboxes and then ran into the victim and his dog. The driver then attempted to flee on foot and when caught admitted to having been drinking and smoking marijuana. The bond was set high and the driver has been appointed a public defender to represent him at trial. For more information on this truck accident, click here.

Charges have been filed against a South Side woman that is suspected to have caused a car crash after she drove the wrong way and killed one woman and injured two others on August 2nd, on the I-55. The driver has been charged with six counts of aggravated DUI, two counts for each of the three victims in the car crash. For more information on this fatal car crash, click here.

Eight people were injured on the morning of August 1st in a car accident in Chicago, when the driver of a minivan intentionally slammed into a SUV, causing the SUV to flip over and hit a pole. Two people are listed in critical condition, five are in stable and the last one is listed in good condition. There is not much more information on why the minivan intentionally started hitting the SUV, but witnesses saw it intentionally hit the car which caused the SUV to lose control. For more information on this car accident, click here.

A car accident occurred on July 27th, when a vehicle’s brakes failed to work and struck the rear of a van which then struck the rear of a pick-up truck. The impact caused the initial car to go into a ditch, cross a driveway and strike a trailer that was on someone’s property. The driver of the initial car was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and was taken to a local hospital for treatment of her personal injuries. For more information on this car accident, click here.

Due to the large number of car accidents resulting from drivers texting while driving, Illinois House Bill 71 was passed by both houses. If the bill is signed into law by the governor, police can pull over and fine anyone found texting while driving. The bill has certain exceptions for situations such as emergencies, or when the texting can be done hands-free. For more information on this Illinois text ban legislation, click here.