Illinois Fatal Accidents

Severe thunderstorms triggered heavy rains and possible tornadoes across the Midwest, causing near-dam failures, power outages, and a fatality in Indiana. Authorities issued evacuation orders in ...[...]

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 ...[...]

A semi-trailer rollover on Interstate 80 near Kedzie Avenue in Hazel Crest killed one person Tuesday morning, according to Illinois State Police. At about 4:30 a.m., the tractor-trailer being driven ...[...]

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 ...[...]

Tornadoes, dangerous straight-line winds, and other hazards rocked the Chicago area for a second night in a row Monday. At least one person was killed during the storm outbreak, officials confirmed.[...]

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 ...[...]

A driver died Tuesday morning after a semi-truck rolled over on Interstate 80 in Hazel Crest and fell onto the roadway below, Illinois State Police said.[...]

A woman was killed in northwest Indiana as strong storms that prompted several tornado warnings caused widespread damage across the Chicago area Monday night.[...]

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 ...[...]

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.[...]

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 ...[...]

Jet travel and interstate highways killed long-distance passenger rail ... but over time the states became increasingly responsible for deficits.) Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin began working to ...[...]

URBANA - The Champaign County Coroner has identified an Alabama man who died Friday at an Urbana hospital from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash a week earlier on Interstate 57 in ... Coroner's ...[...]

CHICAGO - Earl Lory, a devoted husband and father of three, was a '?very deep soul'? with an intuitive understanding of other people, his family said. The 34-year-old Belmont Cragin resident loved ...[...]

A pickup driver died after rear-ending a semi early Saturday on Interstate 55 near southwest suburban Summit ... he slammed into the back of a semi traveling in the center lane, Illinois State Police ...[...]

A man died Friday night when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car at an Aurora intersection, police said. The Aurora police and fire departments were dispatched to North Orchard and ...[...]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago woman has been charged in a wrong-way crash that killed a Vernon Hills man on the Kennedy Expressway on Wednesday morning, Illinois State Police said. ISP said the crash ...[...]

Jakyla Hester is charged with aggravated DUI causing death after a fatal wrong-way crash on the Kennedy Expressway.[...]

The Oneida County Sheriff's Office responded at approximately 2:26 p.m. near South Blue Lake Road in the Town of Hazelhurst, just south of Minocqua, where the two people were pronounced dead at the ...[...]

A 63-year-old man was fatally struck by a vehicle Saturday ... being struck by a vehicle in the 10700 block of South Emerald Avenue. Details were not immediately available on the circumstances ...[...]

The Madison County Coroner's Office shared the names of the three people killed on Wednesday morning in a Greyhound passenger bus crash on Interstate 70 in Highland, Illinois. More than a dozen others ...[...]

A Chicago woman has been charged in a wrong-way crash that killed a Vernon Hills man on the Kennedy Expressway on Wednesday, Illinois State Police said.[...]

"Windsor / Stew-Stras STRONG" and "#prayersforstewstras" yard sings are being offered by the W.H.A.T. (Windsor Happenings Around Town) community booster group as a fundraiser for the Stew-Stras school.[...]

It happened at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, in Shelby County, troopers said. The girls, all 14 years old, were riding a UTV on County Road 3150 E and ran a stop sign, troopers said in a news ...[...]

State police have announced charges against a woman who allegedly drove intoxicated and caused a wrong-way crash that killed a 27-year-old man from Vernon Hills, who was a fitness coach.[...]

Jakyla Hester, 21, has been charged with one felony count of reckless homicide and two felony counts of aggravated DUI.[...]

A 21-year-old Chicago woman is facing homicide and DUI charges following a wrong-way, two-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 near Rosemont Wednesday that killed a Vernon Hills man. Illinois State Police ...[...]

A 27-year-old man from Vernon Hills, who was a fitness coach, is being remembered for being the '?nicest and sweetest guy'? after he was killed by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 90. The Illinois State ...[...]

Two teen girls were killed and another is fighting for her life when their utility terrain vehicle crashed into a grain hauler in south-central Illinois. The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday ...[...]

Stanley M. Miller, 62, crashed around 8:44 p.m. Monday after he lost control of his vehicle and left the roadway on Illinois Route 150 west of McLean County 2325 East Road in Downs Township ...[...]

Analysis shows Subaru, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz as top safe car brands in Midwest, contrasting with Dodge, Buick, and Chrysler's high involvement in fatal crashes.[...]

According to Illinois State Police, the crash happened at about 1:40 a.m. on Saturday along southbound Interstate 55 at mile marker 15 in ... a 24-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio. On Monday, ...[...]

A person was killed in an expressway shooting Thursday afternoon on Chicago's South Side. The shooting happened around 5:17 p.m. on Interstate 94 northbound between 79th and 83rd Street in the Chatham ...[...]

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