A Chicago area pedestrian accident has resulted in the death of a construction worker in southwest suburban Forest View, Illinois, according to CBS News. The accident occurred on Friday afternoon when a semi-truck exiting the Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55) made an illegal right turn and struck the worker on the…
Police are looking for the vehicle responsible for a Chicago car accident that injured nine people over the weekend, the Sun-Times reported. The three-car accident injured nine motorists Saturday night on the Bishop Ford Freeway (I-94) on the city’s South Side, according to Illinois State Police. The crash happened about…
A Chicago semi accident forced the closure of the northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway early Wednesday morning, the Chicago Breaking News Center reported. The crash happened at about 3 a.m. near the 67th Street exit. Northbound lanes were closed after a semi pulling a double trailer was involved…
An Illinois pedestrian accident has claimed the life of a woman that was struck by a minivan in Lombard on Monday night, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Another pedestrian was critically injured. The accident happened when a Jewel semi truck that was traveling eastbound on Roosevelt Road collided with 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…
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 36-year-old woman was struck and killed by a semi early last Tuesday morning, after stopping her vehicle on the Tri-State Tollway to check for a flat tire, the Chicago Breaking News Center reported. The Chicago trucking accident occurred shortly after midnight. The victim was southbound on I-294 when she…
One person was critically injured in a Chicago bus accident involving the congressional campaign bus of Republican Robert Dold, according to the Chicago Tribune. Dold was not aboard the bus when it crashed in Glenview late on Friday, January 29th. He was the eventual winner for the nomination in Illinois’…
The federal government issued tough new federal guidelines this week, making texting illegal for all commercial truck and bus drivers. As the Chicago bus accident lawyers and the Illinois trucking accident attorneys at Abels & Annes reported last fall, the new ban is the outcome of a federal distracted driving…