The American Trucking Association is rolling out an 18-point safety plan this month that it claims will improve highway safety, in part as a response to the recent $23.8 million jury award stemming from a 2004 Chicago trucking accident that claimed two lives near Plainfield, Illinois. The Chicago trucking accident…
At least four Chicago-area motorcycle accident deaths in May have advocates looking at ways to punish distracted drivers and increase awareness to prevent motorcycle accidents as the summer riding season gets into full swing. The Chicago motorcycle accident attorneys at Abels & Annes have been active in promoting motorcycle safety…
On the South Side of Chicago a single car accident has resulted in a nine-year-old’s head being thrown into a windshield, and the child’s mother being charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, according to ABC News. The mother, Cheryl Ranae Reynolds, hit a viaduct Saturday night near East…
Chicago personal injury lawyer Dave Abels was interviewed on WUIS 91.9 Wednesday about pending legislation that would criminalize driving without insurance and the need to increase Illinois’ minimum mandatory coverage levels. “The way the law stands right now it just doesn’t provide real protection for people who are seriously injured…
The Chicago motorcycle accident attorneys at Abels & Annes urge motorists to review “10 things all car, truck and bus drivers should know about motorcycles” to increase awareness as we enter the summer riding season. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 5,154 motorcyclists were killed in the United States…
A 20-year-old Campton Hills woman was fitted with an alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet on Thursday after pictures of her partying with college students appeared on Facebook as she awaits trial on charges of reckless homicide and aggravated DUI stemming from a July 2007 South Elgin crash that killed a motorcyclist. The…
The bicycle accident lawyers at Abels & Annes join Chicago and Illinois authorities in advocating safety and awareness this summer to reduce bicycle accidents. The Chicago Department of Transportation began a series of 20 Share the Road events last week that will stretch across five city wards and into August…
An Illinois bus accident has claimed the lives of two young men after the double-decker open-air bus they were riding in passed beneath an overpass. Justin Sleezer of Yorkville and Cameron Chana of Clarendon Hills were killed when their heads struck the Interstate Highway 57 overpass on Illinois Highway 16…
On the West Side of Chicago, one man was killed and two others were injured on Sunday in a rollover car crash, according to chicagobreakingnews.com. The accident occurred around 7:30 am in the 3900 block of West Division Street. The victim, Francisco Delgado, age 42 of Chicago, was a passenger…
Earlier this week it was reported that a Chicago police officer was seriously injured when his SUV was involved in a three vehicle car accident on the South Side. It is now being reported by the Southtown Star that someone stole the officer’s gun while he was unconscious at the…