[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A silver 2003 Ford Explorer SUV was carrying eight people on Interstate 290. At around 6:15 a.m., the vehicle veered off the road and flipped down the wooded embankment, causing seven of the riders to be ejected.  The other, who was wearing her seatbelt, was trapped under the SUV. Four of these people did not>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A head-on collision occurred in the northern side of Glenview this past Sunday.  This wreck happened around 2:40 p.m. That day, and involved two cars. Authorities have confirmed that two people were hurt in the accident , and one other has died. The cars involved were a 2001 Toyota Camry and a 2012 Kia Soul,>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Saturday, around 1:45 a.m., three young women were in a blue Ford, on their way home from a cheerful celebration. They were taking the Eisenhower Expressway, and were soon hit head-on by someone who was driving in the wrong direction. Two of the three women did not make it out alive. The driver of the>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ford recently announced that it will recall over 450,000 of its 2013 cars due to a car design defect which poses a fire risk. The recall impacts the 2013 model Ford Explorer, Flex, Interceptor, Fusion, Taurus and some Lincolns, among other vehicles. The car maker said that it is not aware of any serious>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CNN ran a news segment about the all too common tactics of some of the large auto insurance companies like Allstate and State Farm when they are responsible for paying for medical bills and lost wages as a result of a car accident: delay, defend, and deny. This mantra perfectly describes the system that these>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An ambulance hit a school bus this morning on the Northwest Side. Authorities say that the automotive accidenthappened shortly before 9 a.m. At the intersection of North Central Avenue and West Grand, in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. A police spokesperson said that two adults were taken to local hospitals and that no children were on>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A Cook County family is struggling to find closure after losing a child in a fatal Skokie car accident. The family lost a 9-year-old child in a 2009 intoxicated driving car accident. The family has been returning the court constantly during the past few years to see whether the 23-year-old driver who caused the crash>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A 33-year-old Lynwood woman was recently arrested for her role in a serious hit-and-run pedestrian accident which occurred last Thursday. The Chicago Tribune reports that the accident happened early Thursday morning and involved a police officer who was hit as he was conducting a traffic stop at the intersection of 79th Street and Wabash Avenue. The>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Americas largest phone carriers have teamed up to fund an anti-texting while driving campaign. The high-profile public awareness campaign is called It Can Wait and has featured prominently on Tumblr, a social networking site popular with teens and college-aged students. The campaign is sponsored by AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. The carriers say that almost>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Tribune recently ran an investigative report on insurers that use software to issue automatic car accident claim offers. Determining the value of a car accident claim can be complicated and many insurance claims are settled for far less than what is necessary to pay for all of the expenses associated with a car>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An Oak Lawn car accident left one man dead and two others injured last night. CBS News reports that the 24-year-old man ran his 2001 black Audi coupe into a house on the 10400 block of South Georgia Lane. Authorities say that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed at the time>> Read More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Brooke Martin suffered a bad left ankle sprain in a vehicular collision where she was a front seat passenger of her family BMW after the defendant make a left turn in front of the vehicle she was in. Her injury did not seem very serious at first, but her lawyer quickly recognized that her sprained>> Read More