Authorities from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office have released initial details on a serious, five car accident that took place on Route 120 between Fisher and Darrell Roads near Lakemoor. According to the report, the collision occurred at approximately 9:30 a.m and involved an east bound GMC van that hit a Honda Accord that was>> Read More

On Sunday Nov. 23rd, five people were injured in a rollover accident on I-90 and the Des Plaines Oasis. On Sunday afternoon, in an accident involving a single vehicle, Illinois State Police reported that two kids were ejected from the car as it crashed and rolled over. The two children sustained non-life threatening injuries and>> Read More

Honda Motors, the auto manufacturer whose vehicles have caused Takata airbag fatalities, announced a new and fifth fatality on Thursday Nov. 13. Honda announced that a driver who died in July in Malaysia died after injuries caused by exploding shrapnel from a defective Takata airbag. This is the fifth fatality that has been linked to>> Read More

On Tuesday Nov. 18th, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced a mandatory recall of all vehicles whose drivers side airbags were equipped with inflators made by Takata Corporation. The defective inflators manufactured by Takata have the potential to rupture the airbags and send metal shrapnel into the torsos of drivers and passengers. Earlier>> Read More

Reuters has announced that Takata, the Japanese airbag manufacturer that has recalled airbags affecting more than 17 million vehicles, has altered the chemical compounds they use in airbag propellants. Though the company has not made an official announcement, an anonymous Takata official has stated that the composition was altered but also stated that the old>> Read More

Takata, a Japanese auto supplier that provides nearly a quarter of the worlds airbags, is facing massive recalls after their airbags were discovered to rupture and wound drivers and passengers with metal projectiles. In the last 18 months more than 14 million cars worldwide have been recalled due to a deadly airbag defect that can>> Read More

Worldwide, more than 14 million Takata airbag defect recall announcements have been made. Of these, more than 7 million vehicles were sold in the United States in the last 18 months. The Takata airbag defects involve a defective inflator that can cause airbags to fall apart and rupture thereby releasing metal shrapnel into the faces>> Read More

In a tragic accident, two 16-year-old girls were killed in a fatal Erie, IL car accident. The girls have been identified as Ashley Wunderlich and Samantha Stablein. The crash investigation is continuing and it is unclear what caused the accident. Details reveal that the driver of the car lost control of the vehicle at 10:30>> Read More

On Oct. 20, 2014, Toyota announced that more than 250,000 Toyota vehicles would be recalled from model years 2001 to 2004 for airbag-related defects in the Takata Airbag Inflators. Bulk airbag supplier Takata has been at the center of millions of airbag related recalls in 2014. The recent announcement from Toyota is an expansion of>> Read More

More than 27 million General Motors Co. (GM) owners who purchased or leased a recalled GM vehicle have filed a class action lawsuit seeking more than $10 billion for the loss of value in their cars. The putative class action lawsuit (it has not yet been certified as a class action lawsuit) is arguing that>> Read More

As the official holiday traveling season kicks off, hundreds of thousands of families will spend a significant amount of time traveling on the nation’s highways and streets. The sheer number of holiday travelers during the season increases the likelihood of car accidents and tragic injuries. There are many steps that Illinois holiday travelers can take>> Read More

On Sunday, an accident on the Bishop Ford Freeway on the South Side of Chicago caused two fatalities. In the accident, a passenger car and a semi-trailer collided in the early hours of the morning. The accident occurred at 2:30 a.m. on the southbound side of the highway. According to Illinois State Police Officers, both>> Read More