Illinois Fatal Accidents

Scott's Law, also referred to as the '?Move Over Law,'? was enacted in Illinois in 2002 and named after Chicago Fire Department Lt. Scott Gillen, who was killed by an intoxicated driver at 37 years old ...[...]

A law firm is launching an independent investigation after Illinois State Police shot and killed Rachel Tarrence during a traffic stop earlier this month.[...]

The driver of a small snow plow has died after the vehicle was struck by a Metra Milwaukee District West train near the Bartlett station Monday morning.[...]

An Illinois man died Sunday in a crash on I-80 in Iowa.[...]

A man has been charged with reckless homicide, after he caused a high-speed crash that killed two people'? last year on Interstate 57 near Markham, Illinois.[...]

A fatal crash happened Monday morning on Illinois Route 394 near Sauk Village. All southbound lanes were shut down just north of Steger Road. Illinois State Police said the closure would last 2 to 3 ...[...]

For the first time in at least a decade, there were no fatal interstate highway shootings in Illinois last year, Illinois State Police announced.[...]

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. ( WGN) - A woman was killed Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Romeoville. The Romeoville Police Department said the crash happened just before 3 p.m. on Illinois Route 53 ...[...]

A woman died after two vehicles collided on Route 53 and one vehicle left the road and hit a tree.[...]

Troopers say the woman reversed into a squad car and then drove toward a trooper. However, the video does not appear to show any trooper in the car's direct path.[...]

Authorities identify a man found dead in his car after a single-car crash in McHenry County.[...]

SPRINGFIELD - For the first time in at least a decade, there were no fatal interstate highway shootings in Illinois last year, Illinois State Police announced. The number of these shootings dropped ...[...]

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office said the driver left the roadway, traveling through a field before colliding with a tree.[...]

WONDER LAKE, Ill. - A 50-year-old man died Monday morning in a single-car crash near Wonder Lake. The McHenry County Sheriff's Office responded just before 8:30 a.m. to the 7700 block of Howe Road on ...[...]

On an early Sunday morning, tragedy struck the Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park, Illinois, as a two-car crash resulted in the death of one individual. The incident, which occurred just before 3 a.m., ...[...]

Following the accident, all westbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway were closed for several hours as emergency responders worked at the scene. The thoroughfare, which is a vital artery for daily ...[...]

One person was killed and another person was injured in a two-vehicle crash overnight on the outbound Eisenhower Expressway in west suburban Oak Park.[...]

A woman was killed and four people were injured in an overnight crash on South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago police.[...]

A person was ejected from a vehicle and killed after a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway Sunday morning. According to Illinois State Police, the crash occurred in the westbound lanes of the roadway ...[...]

A woman was killed, and four other people were hospitalized after a car hit a pole and then the median on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the city's Near South Side early Sunday morning.[...]

WHITESIDE Co., Ill. (KWQC) - One person was killed and two others were injured after a two-car crash on Illinois Route 84, deputies said. Two vehicles crashed about 9:21 p.m. Thursday on Illinois ...[...]

A fatal two-vehicle crash occurred in Whiteside County on Thursday, Jan. 15, on Illinois Route 84 near Spring Valley Road.According to the release, the Whiteside County Sheriff's Office received a 911 ...[...]

A driver was killed in a crash involving a car and a school bus was just outside Manhattan, Illinois, southwest of Chicago on Thursday morning.[...]

The Will County Coroner's Office has identified the driver who was killed when a car and school bus crashed near Manhattan, Illinois, Thursday morning.[...]

Police are investigating a deadly head-on crash involving a school bus in Manhattan, Illinois on Thursday morning.[...]

A driver was killed in a crash involving a car and a school bus was just outside Manhattan, Illinois, southwest of Chicago on Thursday morning. Noel Brennan reports.[...]

A driver was killed when a car hit a school bus just outside Manhattan, Illinois, southwest of Chicago on Thursday morning.[...]

A head-on collision between a school bus and a passenger car Thursday morning in suburban Manhattan left at least one person dead and 11 others, including students, sent to hospitals, with roads ...[...]

One person was killed and at least 11 others, including students, were sent to hospitals after a school bus collided with a car in suburban Manhattan, authorities said, with roads expected to be ...[...]

According to witnesses, the man got out to inspect underneath the car when a 2024 Honda HR-V, driven by a 30-year-old woman of Cary, Illinois, hit the rear of the Accord. The man died from his ...[...]

An Illinois woman was killed in a crash Tuesday afternoon after a car went off the road, hit a highway sign and plunged into a ravine in Grant County, the sheriff's office reported.[...]

A woman from East Dubuque, Ill., died following a single-vehicle crash in Grant County on Tuesday, officials said.[...]

JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, Wis. (WKOW) - An Illinois woman died from her injuries after a crash Tuesday on Highway 151. The Grant County Sheriff's Office said the crash was reported at 2:54 p.m., south of ...[...]

Illinois State Police say shootings on the state's interstates continued to decline in 2025, marking the fourth straight year of improvement and the first year in nearly a decade without a fatal ...[...]

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