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Family Injured in Hit-and-Run At Devon & Campbell Avenues

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Due to a hit-and-run accident that occurred over the weekend, a couple and their adult son are still recovering in the hospital. The 46-year old driver of the other vehicle has been charged for the hit-and-run after turning himself in at the police station. His specific charges add up to a lengthy list, including three counts of "felony failure to report and accident with injury". He is currently being held on a $150,000 bail. The accident itself happened near...

Traffic Tickets Issued to Government Workers

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A recent report has informed the public that over 16,000 tickets have been issued against government vehicles and school buses in Chicago within the past seven years. Lets review the specifics. Over 4,500 of these tickets were issues out against Chicago Transit Authority buses. When a bus gets a ticket, the driver isnt the one paying - the riders are. In 2010, the transit union spoke out against the previous practice of charging the driver. Now, the company pays for...

13 Year Old Drives Car, Crashes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Olympia Fields, Illinois a gaggle of young teens went for a joyride around the neighborhood.  The group included the 13 year old female driver, a 12 year old boy, and another boy and girl . Around 12:45 that afternoon, the vehicle they were riding in ended up being crashed into a tree.  One witness says, "I heard a big boom..." Very sadly, the 12 year old boy perished from the accident.  He was officially pronounced dead a couple of...

Drunk Driver Attempts to Run Man Over

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Road rage has done it again. This incident occurred last Friday afternoon. A 52 year old drunk driver followed another man all the way to his home. He was driving a 1998 Pontiac Sedan and had gone over the curb, then made a swerve back into his lane. The man in the vehicle behind him began to yell, saying that he should learn how to drive. This angered the drunk, so he cut the other man off, but there was no...

Hit-and-Run Victim Found In Alley

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]According to Rockford police, a man is now under care and fighting to stay alive due to being ran over this weekend. Whoever hit the man did not stop at all, but continued driving and left him for dead in the alley. That is where he was found in the wee hours of Sunday, around 2 a.m. Investigators for the case believe that the victim was walking his way to the Aragona Club when a speeding vehicle came along and...

Four Cars Damaged By Hit & Run In Lincoln Park | Auto News

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this mornings early hours, around 2:25 a.m., a physical altercation took place in the Lincoln Park area. According to police, the fight happened on North Stockton Drive and involved several people. After the altercation had calmed down, one of the participants attempted to flee the scene. In the process of doing so, he first rammed his car into four other vehicles along the way.  All of the now-damaged cars were parked near the Lincoln Park Zoo. Whether the multiple...

US Route 41 Hit & Run Victim Identified

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Saturday, November 16th, a thirty-one year old man was found dead near an entrance ramp on US Route 41 in Gurnee, Illinois. He has now been identified, although his name is being protected. He was discovered unresponsive by officers, and paramedics agreed that he held no signs of life. Alongside him was a black labrador retriever. The dog did appear to be injured but was still alive. Family members have confirmed the dog as Jordan, a pet belonging to...

Nine Injured in Accident, Four Police

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A little after 12 noon, two police cars were parked in order for the drivers to handle a routine traffic stop on Chicago's South Indianapolis Avenue.  Suddenly, one of the police cars were struck by a Nissan Altima.  This pushed the police car into the Chevy Tahoe that was being pulled over.  The second police vehicle was also hit. This chain reaction ended with a total of nine people being injured.  Three were taken to nearby hospitals and deemed...

Rain in Chicago Floods I-55 and I-94

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Besides the holiday excitement and warm colors of nature, Autumn also means cooling temperatures and rain. Today fit that description pretty well. With about 4 inches of rain landing on the Chicago roads this morning, and more to come, this Halloween was a wet one. Parts of Interstate 55, as well as Interstate 94, became flooded. Some ramps along the highway were closed off due to the dangers that come with driving in bad weather.  The storms of this morning...