Illinois Fatal Accidents

A driver was killed in a single-car crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 5 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-94 at 71st Street. Illinois State Police said the driver was the only one inside the vehicle.[...]

The inbound Dan Ryan Expressway has been closed at 71st Street on the city's South Side early Sunday morning due to a fatal crash investigation. According to Illinois State Police, troopers responded to I-94 northbound at 71st St.[...]

Chris Barnes, 32, was killed in an alleged hit-and-run near Sparta while he was riding his e-bike on a 17-mile commute to his home near New Athens.[...]

At just before 12:15 a.m. on Saturday, a 58-year-old woman was fatally shot while inside a vehicle at a gathering in North Lawndale. Multiple gunshots were fired from an alleyway in the 3900 block ...[...]

"My daughter enjoyed life. She was a loving person and hard worker. I'm lost without her," said Patricia Robinson.[...]

The Illinois State Police reports the majority of children who ... St. Clair County reported 47 fatal road crashes in 2022, and speed was the most commonly cited factor. Failure to yield, improper ...[...]

The Plainfield Police Department confirmed that officers are on the scene of a fatal accident following a crash near U.S. 40 and Smith Road. As of this article's publication, it remains unclear what ...[...]

08 and was driving between 85 mph and 92 mph at the time of the crash, around 7 p.m. near the intersection of Route 83 and ... Jurors returned Friday when the trial resumed without the defendant. In ...[...]

A man who died in a fiery car crash in Champaign County in May has now finally been identified using DNA analysis.[...]

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Ill. (WICS) - Illinois State Police responded to a fatal two-vehicle crash on Friday morning in Livingston County.[...]

A stretch of westbound I-70 closed early Friday after a fatal crash involving a wrong-way driver.According to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, just after 2:10 a.m. on Friday, a 2020 ...[...]

The crash occurred in December 2022 when a truck traveling at highway speed rear-ended a bus going just 20-25 mph. Also: I-80 in Iowa back open after truck crash; Trucking Cares Foundation donates ...[...]

Reckless homicide and aggravated DUI charges have been filed against a man in connection with a Christmas Eve crash that took the life of a 51-year-old woman who grew up in Mascoutah and was known for ...[...]

Cale H. Dees Jr. now faces multiple charges and is now considered a fugitive. The incident occurred on Illinois State Route 4 at Fuesser Road around 3:50 p.m. Dees, driving a GMC Terrain, allegedly ...[...]

The driver who died when her tractor-trailer crashed and caught fire on Aug. 14 on Interstate 80 in Kidder Twp. has been identified as Begaiym Samudunova of Des Plaines, Illinois.[...]

A crash that killed three passengers on a party bus on a Virginia highway was caused by a fatigued truck driver ... The truck driver, who worked for Triton Logistics Inc. of Romeoville, Illinois, was ...[...]

Indiana State Police are investigating after one 14-year-old was killed and another was injured in a crash following a pursuit with Frankfort police officers in Clinton ...[...]

Part of Route 28 is shut down due to a deadly crash Tuesday morning. Allegheny County 911 said police, fire and EMS crews were called to northbound Route 28 near Tarentum. PennDOT said the crash ...[...]

A 19-year-old from Illinois was charged Monday in a fatal crash near Lowell that killed his friend while driving back from a Hammond party. Ryland M. Hart, of Peotone, is charged in Lake Superior ...[...]

A preliminary investigation indicates a grey 2004 Honda passenger car was westbound along the toll road around 2:30 ... suffered fatal injuries and the Illinois man driving the SUV was taken ...[...]

GREEN VALLEY, Ill. (WMBD) - A 90-year-old man died from injuries sustained in a crash Saturday morning in rural Tazewell County. According to Tazewell County Coroner Chuck Hanley, Elmer Papenhause of ...[...]

One person is dead after a hit and run on Interstate 57 early Monday morning. Illinois State Police troopers responded to I-57's right shoulder near 111th Street shortly before 3:50 a.m., officials ...[...]

A woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash on I-57 on the South Side Monday morning, Illinois State Police said. Police said the crash occurred at about 3:48 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-57 at 111th Street.[...]

Illinois State Police said a passenger outside a vehicle that had pulled over on I-57 at 111th Street was fatally struck Monday morning.[...]

An investigation is underway following a fatal hit-and-run crash on northbound Interstate 57. According to Illinois State Police, the crash involving a pedestrian happened around 3:50 a.m. Monday on I ...[...]

An investigation is underway following a fatal hit-and-run crash on Interstate 57. As of 7:50 a.m. Monday, all lanes on northbound I-57 at 119th Street have reopened. According to Illinois State ...[...]

Since Aug. 6, six people have been killed in crashes, the most recent of which happened on Tates Creek Road and killed two teenagers, 18-year-old Hasan Mohammad Hasan, of Paloma Hills, Illinois ...[...]

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY - A man from Farmington, Missouri, died Saturday after a pickup truck crashed into a tree and a house, ...[...]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was killed in a West Side crash early Saturday morning, Chicago police said. Police said the crash happened in the Lawndale neighborhood's 800-block of South Cicero Avenue just ...[...]

The woman killed in last week's crash in Kidder Township has been identified through DNA testing. Carbon County Coroner Mark K. Smith said that Begaiym Samudunova, 37, of Des Plaines, Illinois, was ...[...]

A retiree from Granite City died in a single-vehicle crash on Illinois 255. Melodye R. Fagan, 69, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash on Tuesday afternoon, Madison County Coroner Steve ...[...]

Just one day after a rollover crash killed 20 cows in a cattle hauler and set more loose, a semi overturned and released oats onto the ...[...]

FOSTERBURG - A Granite City woman was killed Tuesday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 255 south of Fosterburg ... Fire Department and Illinois State Police responded to the ...[...]

Twenty cows were killed and almost 20 more were set loose when a cattle-hauling semi rolled over early Thursday morning on Interstate 57 near Tuscola. Illinois State Police responded to the rollover ...[...]

Highway fatalities SR 130 by Dundas next to west liberty[...]

Major accident possible fatalities. Traffic at standstill both East and westbound 280 Milan. 5 Ambulances, major fire equipment[...]