A 24-year-old man is dead after a serious drunk driving car accident in Peoria. Authorities say that the Pekin man died last Thursday from injuries sustained in a car accident on the previous Sunday. The man and a 23-year-old friend were neighbors who had been drinking at a bar in Peoria before stopping for breakfast>> Read More

In our last post we discussed a fatal drunk driving car accident that happened over the weekend on the Kennedy Expressway. Authorities say that they have charged a 24-year-old Northwest Side man with drunk driving and it is unclear whether he will also face vehicular homicide charges in connection with his passenger’s wrongful death. The>> Read More

In our last post we covered a serious Elgin DUI car accident which injured four people including the teen who caused the accident. Another Illinois man was recently charged in connection with a drunk driving car accident – a 51-year-old Burbank man was charged with a variety of drunk driving-related crimes after fatally striking a>> Read More

Two people were killed and one person was injured this weekend in a serious auto accident on Chicago’s Far Southwest Side. CBS Chicago reports that the fatal accident happened early Sunday morning when a car crossed the center line of West 115th Street and hit another car head-on. The damage was severe and killed a>> Read More

A Chicago man recently died in a suburban Matteson car accident. The Chicago Tribune reports that the crash happened last week on the ramp between westbound U.S. Route 30 to Northbound I-57. Police officers and accident reconstruction experts were on the scene and determined that the severity of a crash was linked to the failure>> Read More

In our last post we discussed a fatal downtown Chicago pedestrian accident involving a Megabus which struck a 76-year-old woman. ABC News reports that the woman was a retired Illinois Supreme Court secretary who lived in downtown Chicago near the accident scene. “She was a great woman, a go-getter,” said one of the woman’s friends.>> Read More

An Illinois State Trooper was killed last Thursday evening when a semi-truck slammed into his police cruiser. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the 28-year-old police officer was on duty when the truck hit him on I-294 near Willow Road. The fatal car accident happened shortly before 11 p.m. according to a State Police spokeswoman. The>> Read More

In our last post we discussed the fact that Thanksgiving is one of the most dangerous times of the year for drivers. This week sees an increased number of people on the road and higher-than-normal numbers of car accidents. The auto club AAA says that 43.6 million Americans are going to travel distances greater than>> Read More

A 14-year-old Illinois girl recently returned to school after recovering from a severe car accident which left every bone in her face broken. The girl and some friends were walking home from a Minooka ice cream shop last October when the girl was hit by another teen in a SUV. The Channahon teen driver did>> Read More

One person is dead and 38 have been injured after a serious Illinois bus accident near Litchfield. The Megabus crash happened yesterday afternoon when the tire of a bus blew out, causing it to careen out of control and hit a concrete overpass support. “It felt like we were going to tip over,” a bruised>> Read More

The use of a cell phone in a construction zone or a school zone is prohibited in Illinois. The state also bans texting and emailing while driving, due to the connection between those distractions and car accidents. Illinois legislators are now considering another restriction designed to prevent accidents caused by cell phone use. New legislation>> Read More

It is widely documented that many military members have a difficult time adjusting to daily life after they return home from deployment. In addition to physical issues, many suffer PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and other mental issues. Now a recent study shows that military personnel are 13 percent more likely to be involved in a>> Read More