After the first three months of 2010, fatal Illinois traffic accidents remain virtually unchanged compared to the record-low year recorded in 2009, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Through April 6, a total of 170 fatal crashes claimed 193 lives, three less than the 196 people killed during the…
Police continue to search this week for the hit-and-run driver responsible for a Chicago pedestrian accident after the victim died of his injuries on Friday, the Sun-Times reported. The accident happened March 27 in the Altgeld Gardens area on the Far South Side. Witnesses told police a light-colored car struck…
Spring is here, and with it comes an increased risk of Chicago pedestrian accidents. In 2008, a total of 135 pedestrians were killed in fatal Illinois pedestrian accidents, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Chicago pedestrian accidents are responsible for the majority of pedestrian deaths each year in Illinois.A…
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…
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…
A 48-year-old man is accused of being under the influence of alcohol and drugs when he struck and killed a 6-year-old girl in a Chicago car accident. The man had cocaine in his system and admitted to smoking marijuana and buying beer before the crash, which also injured the girl’s…
A motorist was killed and another seriously injured over the weekend in a Chicago car accident after both were struck while standing outside a disabled vehicle early Sunday morning, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The accident occurred at about 2:40 a.m. on Illinois Route 394 and East Joe Orr Road…