Illinois Car Accidents

A person was filmed swimming fully-clothed across an Illinois interstate median and back in the pouring rain on Tuesdsay, 16 July. The person appeared to be the owner of a car that had its hood popped ...[...]

Though flooding left homes waist-deep in water and submerged cars, officials said the dam system operated as designed for flooding emergencies and no injuries were reported ...[...]

For decades, states have relied on gas taxes to provide much of the money to maintain roads and bridges. But as cars become more fuel efficient, and some Americans switch to electric vehicles, state ...[...]

A dispute over a Carbondale, Ill., law that limits protests near abortion clinics presents the US Supreme Court with a perfect vehicle to overturn a 2000 top court decision that's '?patently ...[...]

A police chase and subsequent car rollover are believed to have preceded the death of a 14-year-old boy found dead in the Illinois River earlier this month. The Peoria County Sheriff's ...[...]

(AP) - Water rescues were underway Wednesday in Arkansas after a new wave of severe storms that ... An older couple died when their car became submerged in a flash flood near Elsah, Illinois, north of ...[...]

The Peoria Fire Department and Illinois State Police responded to a crash on Interstate 74 near the Sheridan Road overpass around 5 p.m. on Tuesday. According to the Illinois State Police, a three-car ...[...]

Though flooding left homes waist-deep in water and submerged cars, officials said the dam system operated as designed for flooding emergencies and no injuries were reported ...[...]

A complex line of storms moved through the Great Lakes region Monday night, affecting much of Illinois before reaching Southern Michigan.[...]

Traffic moves along on Interstate ... the Interstate 57 / Interstate 74 interchange west of Champaign late last month and earlier this month are likely to take the posted speed limits more seriously as ...[...]

Westbound traffic on state Route 16 is stop and go over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on Tuesday afternoon after a wreck shut down one lane of traffic, according to a post on X from the state Department ...[...]

PEORIA ( 25News Now) - Illinois State Police say a three-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes Interstate 74 led to lane closures during one of the busiest traffic times of the day. The crash was ...[...]

Cahokia Heights Police were dispatched to Illinois Route 15 and Pocket Road after receiving a call about the accident at 7:36 p.m., Cahokia Heights Detective DeMarius Thomas said. Kelley was traveling ...[...]

A crash on I-69 in Fort Wayne has stalled northbound traffic in the area Tuesday afternoon, according to the Allen County Sheriff's Department. Police issued a mobile push notification warning ...[...]

and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reported a significant decline in the rate of accidents resulting in injuries per vehicle miles traveled. Rebuild Illinois has also put ...[...]

The last set of cars drives through flooding on Illinois State Route 127, south of Interstate 64, before police shut down the road in Nashville, Ill. on Tuesday, July 16, ...[...]

Floodwaters across the St. Louis and Metro East region forced numerous high-trafficked roads to close Tuesday.Below are the confirmed closures we know about so far.MoDOT closed the inside lanes of ...[...]

Floodwaters across the St. Louis and Metro East forced numerous high-trafficked roads to close Tuesday, and several water rescues were performed throughout the region.Below are the confirmed closures ...[...]

Cahokia Heights Police were dispatched to Illinois Route 15 and Pocket Road after receiving a call about the accident at 7:36 p.m., Cahokia Heights Detective DeMarius Thomas said. Kelley was traveling ...[...]

The national weather service has issued a flash flood warning for southwestern Madison County, Monroe, and St Clair Counties on .[...]

Floodwater covers eastbound Interstate 64 on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, as cars drive through one-by-one. The interstate is north of an area being evacuated because of a possible dam collapse.[...]

According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred shortly in the eastbound lanes of I-80. A truck-tractor semi-trailer veered off the road, fell down an embankment and then overturned on to ...[...]

Part of Interstate 55 on the outskirts of Chicago remained shut down Tuesday morning after powerful winds from a derecho overturned several semi-trucks and toppled power lines onto cars.[...]

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ill. -- I-64 is reportedly closed in areas after floodwater flows over the roadway. The Illinois Department of Transportation is reporting traffic moving at a crawl in Washington ...[...]

Champaign County Coroner Stephen Thuney has released the identity of an Alabama man who died as the result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on July 4. Russell L. Bright, 63 years old, died ...[...]

Illinois State Police confirmed the driver of a semi-truck was killed in a rollover crash on eastbound I-80 Tuesday morning. The vehicle landed upside down on Kedzie Avenue under I-80. The area is ...[...]

Make sure your cellphone volume is on and turned up so you can hear alerts while you sleep. A tornado watch is in effect for NW Indiana and northern Illinois until 2am Tuesday. Locally this includes ...[...]

An Illinois man is dead after a fatal motorcycle crash in Bloomington, according to officials. Details of the attempted assassination on Donald Trump; Amazon's Prime Day deals are almost here ...[...]

Corn was past knee-height on the Fourth of July in parts of the tri-states, and it's continuing to grow.In rural areas, corn can hinder the view of intersections.While there haven't been any incidents ...[...]

Tyler Terry, the South Carolina man linked to two murders in his home state, one in the Memphis area, and two more in St. Louis County in 2021, pleaded guilty on Monday and was sentenced to life for ...[...]

A motorcyclist from Alabama has died in Central Illinois one week after he was hurt in a traffic accident. Stephen Thuney, the interim Coroner of Champaign County, said the crash happened in Effingham ...[...]

Russell L. Bright, 63, was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana around 12:14 p.m. on July 12 from multiple traumatic injuries sustained during a July 4 accident.[...]

CARMI, Ill. -- Two people are dead and another injured after a crash involving two vehicles in Carmi on Friday afternoon. Illinois State Police (ISP) updated News 3 on the incident which took place at ...[...]

The Aurora Police Department says a 48-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle versus car crash on the city's west side Friday evening. Police identified him as Christopher Joeckel, of ...[...]

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[...]

Standtill for an HOUR, help [...]

Traffic at a standstill[...]

Complete standstill for over an hour. [...]

Stopped southbound traffic for over an hour now. [...]