A fatal Illinois bicycle accident has claimed the life of a 17-year-old Chicago student, the Sun-Times reported. The teen was on a spring break bicycle trip downstate when an 86-year-old driver in a minivan swerved across the center line and struck her and two friends head on, according to Illinois…
A Chicago semi accident claimed the life of a 6-year-old boy and critically injured his father in a Friday afternoon accident on the South Side, WBBM News reported. The semi was southbound on South Ashland Avenue when it struck the victims as they attempted to cross the street between West…
The widow of a pedestrian killed in a Chicago bus accident has filed a civil lawsuit against the driver and bus company, the Chicago Breaking News Center reported. The 63-year-old South Holland man was killed Feb. 23 when a Megabus struck him in a crosswalk on the Near West Side.…
Three-quarters of all fatal car accidents occur in urban areas or withing 5 miles of an urban area, according to new research released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. As reported earlier this month on Chicago Car Accident Lawyers blog, Chicago is the third-most congested urban area in the…
Lawmakers are considering a back-to-back increase in the speed limit for semis and large trucks, which opponents contend could increase the risk of Illinois trucking accidents. Lawmakers in the senate have proposed a law that would increase the speed limit to 70 mph on downstate highways. The new rule would…
A taxi driver was seriously injured Sunday morning in a Chicago car accident near O’Hare International Airport, the Chicago Breaking News Center reported. The driver stepped out of his passenger van and was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 90 near the airport. It was the third time in recent…
A woman and a 1-year-old girl were killed in a Chicago train accident on Saturday when a Metra train struck them as they crossed the tracks with family in suburban North Chicago, the Sun-Times reported. The Metra Union Pacific North Line train No. 806 struck the woman carrying a baby…
A 15-year-old Bowen High School freshman is dead following a weekend Chicago pedestrian accident after being struck by as many as three vehicles, including a drunk driver, the Chicago Tribune reported. Chicago police said the teenager was struck by a drunk driver while walking home, thrown into the path of…
Two dozen people were injured in separate Chicago traffic accidents Sunday afternoon. Eleven people, including 7 children, were injured Sunday afternoon in a Chicago traffic accident when two vans collided on the South Side, WBBM News reported. The accident happened shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday at South Racine Avenue and…
A worker was killed last week and another injured in a Chicago construction accident that occurred in the Loop, ABC 7 reported. The victims are employees of People’s Energy and were conducting an underground test at Jackson and Wacker Drive when the Chicago work accident occurred shortly before 2 a.m.…