Accidents that occured in Illinois or impacted Illinois residents.
A deadly crash occurred in Park Ridge when 37-year-old Shalom Peters crossed the center line and crashed into two utility poles. Peters died at the scene. The incident is currently under investigation.
A woman and a man were seriously injured in a crash near Woodstock. The crash involved a pickup truck and an SUV. The woman was airlifted to the hospital.
A serious accident along DuSable Lake Shore Drive sent a car through a guardrail and into a bicyclist. A 54-year-old woman was riding her bike on the path and was struck by the car. She was taken to the hospital in good condition.
Police in Park Ridge are investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Oakton Street. The crash happened at about 2:38 a.m. and resulted in a fatality. Oakton Street is currently closed between Greenwood and Cumberland as police investigate the incident.
A person was killed in a crash in Park Ridge early Tuesday morning. The accident happened on Oakton Street. Police are investigating the fatal crash.
A one-car crash in Park Ridge, Illinois, left one person dead. Police are investigating the incident that occurred overnight.
Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois. The victims of the multi-vehicle crash in Teutopolis were Kenneth Bryan, Walker Bryan, Rosie Bryan, Danny J. Smith, and Vasile Cricovan. The crash spilled more than half of the tanker’s 7,500-gallon load of anhydrous ammonia.
Seven people were injured in a chain-reaction crash involving 12 vehicles on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. The crash occurred on Wednesday morning and started with two separate crashes involving semi-trucks. Slippery conditions caused by a fuel spill led to multiple collisions.
One person was critically injured in a crash on Interstate 88 in DuPAGE COUNTY. A pickup truck rear-ended a semitrailer, causing both vehicles to catch fire. The pickup truck driver was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition.
A fiery crash on the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway in Elmhurst, Illinois trapped the driver of a red pickup truck. The crash involved a semi-trailer truck and resulted in the pickup truck bursting into flames. The driver of the pickup truck was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.