Illinois Fatal Accidents

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MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - Two horses standing on Interstate 255 were fatally struck by an SUV Thursday evening. According to Illinois State Police, both horses were standing in the soutbound I-255 lanes ...[...]

The driver of a black Hyundai Sonata dead after a traffic crash sent them into a telephone pole, according to Belvidere Police. The crash happened in the 500 block of W.[...]

Two crashes involving horses on Interstate 255 southbound near Fosterburg resulted in minor injuries to two individuals on Thursday, ...[...]

Illinois State Police (ISP) tells News 3 two people died after a crash involving four vehicles on I-57 in Jefferson County on Thursday.[...]

The Illinois State Police is investigating a multiple vehicle fatal traffic crash on Interstate 57 southbound in Jefferson County.[...]

The Rock County Medical Examiner has identified the driver of a semi-truck who was killed in a crash on Interstate 90 near Janesville on Friday Louis Mankiewicz, ...[...]

Tyler Koscinski, 20, and his friend Mason Santiago were killed in a crash on I-80 in September. Now, the suburban family is giving back to the community.[...]

The name of the semi-truck driver who died following a collision with a Rock County snowplow on Interstate 39 / 90 on Friday has been released.[...]

After former New Lenox high school athlete Tyler Koscinski lost his life ... was founded after the 20-year-old's death Sept. 15 in a collision on Interstate 80 near Tinley Park. Koscinski, a standout ...[...]

Lorene Wilson, a 69-year-old Chicagoan, was killed. Bruscato questions the safety of the intersection, saying it is the same location where an Uber collided with a Metra train in 2021, killing the ...[...]

A fatality crash was reported at 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, on U.S. Highway 59, just south of South 4731 Road in Adair County.[...]

CALUMET CITY, Ill. - A man has died after being hit by a vehicle early Sunday morning in Calumet City. The Calumet City Police Department said the crash happened just before 6 a.m. in the 1900 block ...[...]

and then masked gunmen began firing near West Roosevelt Road and Cicero Avenue. First responders got to the scene around 12:30 p.m. A total of six people were injured, and one person was killed.[...]

The crash happened in the afternoon near North Nagle Avenue and North Northwest Highway in Norwood Park, officials said. A vehicle was hit by a Metra UP-NW train bound for Harvard, Metra officials ...[...]

CHICAGO (CBS) - Illinois State Police are asking for the public's help with information after a driver was killed Tuesday morning following a crash on the Edens Expressway. Around 7 a.m., troopers ...[...]

Illinois State Police investigators are seeking the public's assistance as they probe an accident that killed a 35-year-old man. At 7 a.m. Tuesday, State Police responded to a fatal crash on westbound ...[...]

Traffic on the Interstate grinds to a halt during the rush hour after a semi smashes into a Rock County snow plow clearing the inside median. The Rock County Highway Department says the crash occurred ...[...]

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 ...[...]

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 ...[...]

A drunk driver who traveled the wrong way, striking another vehicle head-on and killing a longtime Wauconda High School teacher, has been sentenced to six years in prison.[...]

Police officials said 21-year-old Jakarta Jackson drove over 100 feet with the officer's lower half of his body hanging out of the driver's door.[...]

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.[...]

A Palatine man pleaded guilty on Friday in a DUI crash that killed a high school teacher in the north suburbs in 2023, court records show.[...]

Investigators are seeking the public's help in locating a driver and vehicle that fled after fatally hitting a 60-year-old man near a hotel on Route 41 in Waukegan Saturday evening.[...]

Authorities said a 60-year-old man was found Saturday in the roadway on Illinois Route 41, near Northpoint Boulevard ... number of debris in the road. Police had to close the highway for several ...[...]

Investigators have announced the arrest of a hit-and-run driver over three months after a 24-year-old Wauconda High School graduate was fatally struck by a vehicle near Island Lake. Christine S.[...]

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

Deputies said Shawn Murphy from Illinois killed Kevin Noland from Warsaw during a fight at a motel on Highway 83.[...]

A motorist died in a collision with a concrete barrier Tuesday morning on the Edens Expressway, according to Illinois State Police.[...]

According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred at around 7:10 a.m., in the outbound lanes, just north of the Winnetka Road. Troopers arrived at the scene and found a car had hit a concrete ...[...]

A driver died Tuesday morning following a crash on I-94 in Northfield. At around 7:10 a.m., Illinois state troopers responded to northbound lanes of I-94 just north of Winnetka Road on the report of a ...[...]

The name of a snowplow driver with the Illinois Department of Transportation who was killed in a crash with a train in Iroquois County Monday ...[...]

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[...]