Illinois Fatal Accidents

DIXON, Mo. - A teacher for the Dixon School District was arrested by law enforcement on Tuesday, Nov. 12 on 19 charges, including statutory rape and sexual contact with a juvenile, according to the ...[...]

CHICAGO (AP) - A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the city's Southside. The man is scheduled ...[...]

A two-vehicle crash in North Chicago Sunday night left one person dead and five others injured, authorities said.North Chicago Police and Fire departments responded to the scene around 8:10 p.m. on ...[...]

26 in the northbound traffic lane when it collided head-on with the northbound semi-truck and trailer ... the Stephenson County Coroner's Office, and the Illinois State Police Traffic Crash ...[...]

A 17-year-old girl has died after fleeing a police vehicle and being struck by a car on a motorway. The girl was being transported to custody when officers stopped the Avon and Somerset Police vehicle ...[...]

Captain Ellie LeBeau Cooke was one of three Marines who died when an Osprey crashed in Australia during a training exercise on Aug. 27, 2023, on Melville Island, approximately 50 miles north of Darwin ...[...]

The Stephenson County Sheriff's Office said the crash happened around 11:40 p.m. at Illinois Route 26 North and Winneshiek Road. Police said a 2005 Dodge Neon was headed south on Route 26 but in the ...[...]

A driver died Saturday afternoon in a crash on Interstate 80 involving a parked, unoccupied semi-tractor / trailer and a sport utility vehicle, according to a release from Indiana State Police, ...[...]

On Sunday morning, a steady stream of passersby and dog-walkers took in a taped-off scene that included several police vehicles - an unusual sight in an otherwise quiet neighborhood bordered ...[...]

Police in suburban West Chicago say two people are dead after they were found slumped over in a vehicle Saturday night.[...]

A wrong-way driver spurred a fatal crash overnight that killed herself and injured several others on Lake Shore Drive in the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 3:10 a.m. Saturday, ...[...]

A wrong-way crash on Lake Shore Drive near Hyde Park early Saturday morning left one person dead and several others seriously injured.[...]

The accident happened near Beaverville near 3200 N and 3130 E. around 1:40 p.m. on November 7, 2024. Deputies said Huber crashed his 1995 Chevrolet Blazer for unknown reasons into the north ditch, ...[...]

Ben, Kirk Herbstreit's certified emotional support animal, had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. Audiences grew to love the 10-year-old golden retriever who appeared on TV with his owner.[...]

SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) -- An Illinois man faces homicide charges after a September crash that killed one person. Shane Slater, 47, of Freeport, Illinois faces four felonies including 1st degree reckless ...[...]

BEAVERVILLE, Ill. (WCIA) - A 68-year-old man from Kankakee County has died following a car crash in northern Iroquois County on Thursday. WCIA's partners at the Ford County Chronicle reported ...[...]

A pedestrian has been struck and killed by a Metra train on the city's North Side. The accident involving Metra UP-N train No. 305 happened just after 6 a.m. Friday near Clybourn. Metra has confirmed ...[...]

A 44-year-old woman who faces murder charges in connection to a judge's death in southern Illinois, made her first appearance in court on Friday.[...]

A Bronzeville man is dead after being hit by a vehicle while he was walking on a Chicago expressway overnight.Illinois State Police said 28-year-old Rashid Shepard was on the outbound Dan Ryan near ...[...]

Around 12:25 a.m., a vehicle struck Rashid A. Shepard, 28, in the outbound lanes at 43rd Street, Illinois state police said.[...]

The Lake County Coroner's Office identified the woman as 73-year-old Sylvia Schmidt, who resided in the 100 block of West Ash Street in Griffith, according to a release. She suffered multiple ...[...]

FOX59's Scarlett O'Hara talked to community leaders about violence in the Circle City on Sunday evening. A woman was killed in a crash on Interstate 70 westbound on the west side of Indianapolis ...[...]

CHICAGO (AP) - A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the city's Southside. The man is scheduled to ...[...]

CHICAGO - A 54-year-old construction worker from Calumet City was killed Monday night in a hit-and-run crash involving a semi-trailer truck in the Hubbard's Cave along Interstate 90, according ...[...]

CHICAGO - A construction worker was killed in a hit-and-run crash on the Kennedy Expressway Sunday night. Illinois State Police said the crash happened in the northbound lanes of Interstate 90 ...[...]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A construction worker was killed in a hit-and-run on the Kennedy Expressway Monday night, Illinois State Police said. The crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. in the outbound lanes ...[...]

The family of an East St. Louis man believed to have gone missing learned Monday that he died in a single car crash. According to Illinois State Police, James Montgomery, 65, ran his black 1994 Chevy ...[...]

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A construction worker was killed in a hit-and-run on the Kennedy Expressway Monday night, Illinois State Police said. The crash happened shortly after 9 p.m. in the outbound lanes ...[...]

CHICAGO (CBS) - Illinois State Police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a construction worker on the Kennedy Expressway. Around 9:30 p.m., police said the driver hit construction ...[...]

Kevin M. Dolan was an active, involved Board Commissioner of the Mundelein Park & Recreation District for over 26 years until he died in a car accident in October of 2023. The Park District ...[...]

The entertainment world is mourning the loss of legendary producer, composer, songwriter and arranger Quincy Jones, who died Sunday at the age of 91. Tributes to the late music mogul flooded social ...[...]

MARTINSVILLE - The Illinois State Police has reported that the driver of a pickup truck was killed in a collision with the back of a semitruck trailer late Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 70 ...[...]

A 72-year-old woman has died following a motorcycle wreck in Decatur on Saturday evening.According to the Decatur Police Department, officers responded to a single motorcycle wreck at 3026 Highway 20 ...[...]

A Mundelein woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for hitting and killing a bicyclist with her car and then leaving the scene of the accident.[...]

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[...]