Illinois Car Accidents

What began as a midnight drive over the weekend ended in heartbreak, just north of Breese, Illinois, with a car submerged in a frigid pond and a woman dead. The victim's husband made ...[...]

It's seemingly inevitable. Your swift eastbound cruise on I-88 devolves into a slog around 4:30 p.m. as traffic merging onto I-355 congeals. Likewise - every afternoon rush hour, southbound I-355 ...[...]

A woman was carjacked with a six-year-old boy still inside when the suspects sped away Monday morning on the West Side, Chicago police said.[...]

St. Louis is expecting another round of snow Tuesday morning through early Wednesday, leaving some drivers wondering how much snow is worth clearing off their vehicles.[...]

A 44-year-old Peoria man was killed this past weekend when he was struck by a car in North Peoria. According to Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, Theodore Connor, 44, was pronounced dead at the ...[...]

A man died after his car hit a guardrail and overpass on I-74 near Goodfield; a second vehicle also crashed into his.[...]

A list of the top truck bottlenecks shows traffic is getting better in Chicago but remains a major problem in Houston and Atlanta.[...]

The Bloomington Police Department made five arrests for intoxicated driving and issued 58 citations over the Super Bowl weekend during a special enforcement campaign.[...]

CHICAGO - Two Chicago police officers were hurt in a car crash in the River North neighborhood on Sunday night. The crash happened in the 500 block of North Michigan Avenue in the intersection with ...[...]

A man is dead after a vehicle struck a guardrail and overpass early Monday morning on Interstate 74 near Goodfield, Illinois.[...]

One person is dead after their vehicle struck a guard rail on Interstate 74 near Goodfield. The collision happened just before 5 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near ...[...]

Two Chicago police officers and another person sustained minor injuries Sunday night when a vehicle collided with a patrol car at an intersection on the Near North Side. According to police, at about ...[...]

CHICAGO - A woman traveling with two small children was carjacked on Chicago's West Side early Monday morning before the carjackers crashed on an expressway. The initial carjacking took place in the ...[...]

Two heavily-damaged cars were sitting in the middle of the roadway, while a third vehicle - a Jeep - sustained minor damage.[...]

Two Illinois men are in custody at the Lake County Jail following an alleged carjacking on Interstate 65 in Merrillville Friday, according to Indiana State Police.[...]

A Glenview police officer was killed in a car crash Sunday morning while on his way to work in Barrington, according to the Glenview Police Department.[...]

The coroner's office said Carlos Mata, 20, of Hammond, was killed in a crash at the intersection of 165th Street and Forest Ave. in Hammond early Sunday morning.[...]

The driver of the firetruck was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The Nissan driver was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. They were also ...[...]

A boil order was issued in north suburban Skokie and Evanston on Friday after a water main broke, flooding many streets, where the water turned to ice, freezing some cars in place.According to a ...[...]

UPDATE (6:01 p.m.): Both directions of I-70 at Vail Pass are now open. The closure is one of many happening on a snowy holiday weekend. Vail Pass was under a safety closure Friday evening from ...[...]

A massive water main break inundated a snow-laden neighborhood in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois, on Friday, flooding homes and cars and causing a frozen mess.[...]

A 25-year-old man was arrested Friday after police alleged he stole a vehicle, took his ex-girlfriend and fled.[...]

West Central and Beardstown teams paused to remember Pittsfield freshman Reese Ramsey, who died in a car accident, with a tribute before their game.[...]

A kidnapping and car theft in Oak Park, Illinois, was stopped by authorities after a chase on expressways, with the victim being rescued and the suspect charged with possession of a stolen vehicle and ...[...]

State police said it started after they located a stolen vehicle wanted in connection with a kidnapping and gave chase around 2 a.m. The victim was inside the vehicle during the chase.[...]

A Paris, Illinois, woman was killed in single-vehicle accident Wednesday on Lower Road, according to the Edgar County coroner. Karlie D. Parson, 28, of Paris, was pronounced dead at the scene, and the ...[...]

McLean County Coroner Kathleen Yoder said LeRoy woman is dead after a traffic accident that occurred Wednesday. The coroner said Brooke Powell, 37, died from multiple blunt injuries due to a car vs.[...]

An FBI task force arrested a Waukegan man charged with shooting at a vehicle, wounding a victim, during an expressway shooting that occurred on I-90 in Chicago. The Illinois State Police (ISP) said ...[...]

A LeRoy woman is dead following a Wednesday car crash due to slick roads on U.S. 136 near 2400 East Road in the community southeast of Bloomington-Normal, according to McLean County Coroner Kathleen ...[...]

In the last few days, Elmhurst police handled cases involving stolen cars, counterfeit bills, loud music, theft, fraud and DUI. Here is information from the latest Elmhurst police reports: Stolen cars ...[...]

An overturned truck-tractor semi-trailer on Interstate 72 westbound to Interstate 55 southbound near Springfield has led to traffic diversio ...[...]

Illinois prosecutors said Norma Caraker's dating made her son "angrier and angrier, until he got drunk enough that he couldn't take it anymore." ...[...]

Reco Murry, 27, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm after shooting at a woman following a traffic crash.[...]

One man died, and another woman was injured after a one-vehicle crash in Wyandotte County on Wednesday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, John Carr, 75, from Illinois, was driving a Ford ...[...]

still stand traffic for over an hour[...]

Standstill traffic and dont know the reason at 1:53 PM on January 5.[...]

Standstill traffic and dont know the reason at 1:53 PM on January 5.[...]

Looked like smoke ahead, multiple police, appears firetruck stuck off shoulder on its way to support, tow truck arrived[...]

Accident outside of Abt. Multiple lanes closed [...]

Stopped traffic[...]

Stopped traffic[...]

Stopped traffic[...]

Dead standstill for the last 35 minutes [...]

Stopped traffic south of rockford[...]

Stopped for over an hour[...]

Cant see anything but the southbound highway is at a complete dead stop. Traffic on Waze is showing a huge and growing backup.[...]

Traffic @ standstill[...]

Standstill traffic[...]

Complete standstill, cant see around all of the 18 wheelers so dont know why we are stopped (been stopped since 6:35am)[...]

Traffic stopped[...]