Accidents that occured in Illinois or impacted Illinois residents.
A box truck driver was killed in a head-on crash with a semi in Long Grove, Illinois. The crash occurred on Tuesday morning when the box truck crossed into the southbound lanes and collided with the semi. The driver of the box truck died, and the semi's driver was seriously injured.
At least one person is dead following a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 20 near Klinger Road in Stephenson County. The crash occurred when a minivan was hit by an eastbound pickup truck.
An SUV crashed through a currency exchange in Wauconda, causing major damage to the facade. Luckily, no one was injured in the incident. The car was fully inside the structure but the occupants were able to get out safely.
One person was hurt following a rollover crash on the Tri-State Tollway in Chicago. A semi-truck and a passenger car were involved in the crash. The driver of the semi suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
A truck driver was killed in a crash on the Stevenson Expressway Thursday night. The crash occurred in Chicago when a box truck made an abrupt lane change and lost control, hitting a guardrail. The driver was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Two students from South Elgin High School were killed and two others injured in a crash near the school. The students collided with a semi-truck at Route 25 and Kenyon Road on the border of Bartlett and South Elgin. Friends and classmates left flowers by a pole just steps away from the crash scene where two students lost their lives and two other students were injured.
Two people were hurt when a crash caused a tanker truck to roll over, spilling gasoline and closing part of Winfield and Roosevelt Roads for close to eight hours.
Three people, including two children, were seriously injured in a crash involving a fire truck on Monday morning in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago.
A tractor trailer full of alcohol caught fire on Interstate 270 near Troy, Illinois. The fire has been extinguished and the driver suffered no injuries. Cause of the fire is still unknown.
A car burst into flames after rear-ending a semi on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. The driver of the semi pulled the car's driver out of his vehicle before the car caught fire. The driver is now being treated for serious injuries.