Illinois Car Accidents

A Cook County woman is facing charges after fleeing police and crashing her vehicle, following an incident where her co-defendant allegedly stole mail from several mailboxes in Oak Brook, according to ...[...]

A Huntley woman died after she suffered critical injuries in a three-vehicle crash in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The Carpentersville Police Department and Carpentersville ...[...]

Two people from the suburbs were arrested during a traffic stop this week after police found over half a kilogram of cocaine inside their vehicle, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.[...]

Authorities are responding to a pedestrian crash on Friday morning. Winnebago County Sheriff's Deputies were called to the scene, at the intersection of Latham Road and LaHarve Drive, west of N. Main ...[...]

An investigation is underway after a man was killed in a traffic crash on Interstate 94 earlier this week. Illinois State Police (ISP) responded to I-94 westbound near Lake Avenue on Jan. 7 around 7 a ...[...]

Illinois law does not specifically state drivers must scrape snow and ice off their vehicles, but there is a statute that says "windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers." ...[...]

In 2023 the National Human Trafficking Hotline received 760 reports of trafficking from Illinois with 265 of them coming from victims or survivors.[...]

A woman was arrested after allegedly stabbing a teacher during a carjacking on Thursday morning, Chicago police said.[...]

A traffic alert for drives in Bureau County driving on I-80. As of 7 p.m., Illinois State Police are on the scene of a rolled-over truck-tractor cow hauler on Interstate 80 near IL-89, Main Street, ...[...]

A traffic alert for drives in Bureau County driving on I-80. As of 7 p.m., Illinois State Police are on the scene of a rolled-over truck-tractor cow hauler on Interstate 80 near IL-89, Main Street, ...[...]

Birds have nearly stopped colliding into the McCormick Place in Chicago. The Field Museum reports that since bird-safe film was installed on the building's windows last summer, collisions into the ...[...]

A Huntley woman was killed Wednesday in an accident in Carpentersville. Shortly after 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Carpentersville officers responded to a two-vehicle crash with injuries at Randall and Binnie ...[...]

Peter Swenson of Chicago is charged with reckless homicide for an Oak Lawn crash that killed Eglin Manuel Castro Alvarez of Midlothian.[...]

Route 14 near Woodstock was completely shut down after a car sustained significant damage when it crashed into a stopped school bus picking up a student Thursday morning.[...]

A 70-year-old Huntley woman died following a two-vehicle crash in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon. Carpentersville police said the woman was traveling north on Randall Road on Jan. 8 and was ...[...]

A 70-year-old Huntley woman died following a two-vehicle crash in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon. Carpentersville police said the woman was traveling north on Randall Road on Jan. 8 and was ...[...]

Motorists are being advised to avoid the area of a traffic crash investigation Thursday afternoon in Glenview. According to police, southbound Waukegan Road, between Winnetka Road and Westleigh Drive, ...[...]

The driver of the vehicle that hit the pedestrian stayed at the scene, according to Shively Police Department.[...]

Michael Mallett of Rockford was sentenced to over eight years in prison for fentanyl trafficking and illegal gun possession.[...]

The Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association (IHLA) is recognizing Human Trafficking Prevention Month throughout January.[...]

Michael Mallett, 27, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm by a felon. Mallett was arrested on August 19th, ...[...]

Photos and video from the scene showed smoke billowing into the air as firefighters on ladders work to put out flames in the 2900 block of W. 63rd street ...[...]

Across the intersection of Fourth and Adams streets, the 400 block of East Adams Street has been closed to vehicular traffic since the June 19 fire that ravaged the building at 413-415 E. Adams.[...]

A major 40-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 in Illinois was caused by snowy conditions, resulting in a lengthy closure.[...]

A 70-year-old woman crashed through an Illinois McDonald's, police said. Screengrab from WLS video A 70-year-old driver came crashing through a McDonald's dining room, sending glass shards in the ...[...]

Illinois law does not specifically state drivers must scrape snow and ice off their vehicles prior to driving, Master Sergeant Calvin Dye Jr. wrote in a Dec. 9 email to the News-Democrat. However, ...[...]

On November 17, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, @trumpetpapi shared a video of a man relieving himself on the side of the expressway during a traffic jam. In the video, the man is seen stepping out ...[...]

A Waukegan man accused in a deadly hit-and-run crash last week is now facing felony charges. According to Waukegan police, 22-year-old Victor Rivas-Martinez Jr. has been charged with failure to remain ...[...]

Among its recommendations was that building codes be amended to require tornado shelters in warehouses. The International Building Code became Illinois' statewide building code on Jan. 1 after being ...[...]

The Madison County State's Attorney's office on Tuesday charged David A. Murray, 67, of Bethalto, with one count each of failure to report an accident resulting in a death, leaving the scene of an ...[...]

Meteorologist Lee Carlaw said with the snow out of the way, road conditions would be much better Tuesday, but that commuters should still be wary of possible ice. Light snow is expected to return ...[...]

Nearly 200 people were left without power after an accident on the northeast side of Springfield Tuesday morning. According to Ameren's outage map, 192 customers were without power at 9:44 a.m. after ...[...]

One person was killed and traffic was backed up for miles due to a crash on the Eden's Expressway in Chicago's north suburbs during the busy Tuesday morning rush hour commute, Illinois State Police ...[...]

A new report reveals what daily commuters already know: Chicago traffic is among the worst in the country. The mobility analytics company Inrix reports that Chicago drivers lost 102 hours to ...[...]

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[...]