A North Chicago police officer has been charged in connection with a fatal drunk driving car accident that happened on Lake Shore Drive last week. Authorities say that the 35-year-old off-duty police officer was drinking to celebrate his birthday when he drove the wrong way on Lake Shore Drive and hit a car carrying two>> Read More

Two Chicago police officers were hospitalized over the weekend after being involved in a drunk driving car accident. A 47-year-old Chicago man was allegedly intoxicated when he slammed into an unmarked squad car on Saturday night. The accident happened shortly after 8:30 p.m. at the 7500 block of South Western Avenue in Gresham. The officers>> Read More

A recent investigative report done by NBC Chicago indicates that several suburban Chicago police departments allow their officers to work with substantial amounts of alcohol in their systems. Some suburban Chicago police forces even have alcohol limits written into their employment contracts which forbid agencies from disciplining officers with blood alcohol levels as high as>> Read More

A Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood car accident resulted in the hospitalization of three Chicago police officers. The accident happened yesterday around 2:30 a.m. when the officers attempted to pull over a car at Anthony Avenue and 69th Street. CBS Chicago reports that the officers pulled the car over for having no working taillights. When the officers approached>> Read More

Crane accidents can result in some of the most serious construction site injuries. As with any large piece of equipment, crane accidents present both crushing and collapse injuries that can disable or kill a worker. One possible consequence of a crane injury is traumatic brain damage. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently reported on the recovery>> Read More

A Chicago woman was arrested after being found wandering in the cold after a fatal drunk driving car accident. The Chicago Tribune reports that the woman was involved in a fatal suburban accident that occurred at the border of Lyons and Summit. Authorities say that the 44-year-old woman drove her SUV off of the Harlem>> Read More

Three people died on Tuesday in a Southwest Side Chicago car accident. Authorities say that the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. by the intersection of West 31st Street and South Western Avenue. The victims were ages 40, 46 and 57 and all died at Mount Sinai Hospital. Photos of the car accident show a red>> Read More

Officials are blaming a recent Park Ridge school bus accident on an elderly bus driver’s medical condition. The Chicago Tribune reports that a 77-year-old Wheeling woman was driving the 71-passenger bus on Oakton Street Tuesday afternoon when she lost control and left a trail of destruction over a mile long. The incident sent the bus>> Read More

Authorities are moving forward with criminal charges against a Lohan Square man who fled a deadly West Side car accident last November. The 24-year-old man allegedly ran through a red light at Central Park and Division Avenues around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 24, hitting a car containing two brothers. The driver of the second car>> Read More

A Lincoln Park Apple store was severely damaged on Sunday when a car crashed through the store’s windows shortly before close. Authorities responded to the Apple computer store on 801 W. North Ave. after reports that an elderly driver crashed a town car through the store’s broad glass storefront. Several photos of the scene show>> Read More

A mechanic at Elk Grove’s Quality Auto Works was injured when the repair shop caught on fire yesterday afternoon. Authorities say that the cause of the workplace fire is unclear and that the mechanic cut his hand while escaping through one of the shop’s windows. Roof damage is making it hard for investigators to investigate>> Read More

Chicago rang in the New Year with several serious expressway car accidents. CBS News reports that at least seven people were injured one highway car accident during the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Dan Ryan Expressway crash happened near Roosevelt Road around 2:30 a.m. and the Illinois State Police say that alcohol was likely>> Read More