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Live Reports from the DOT's Twitter

• 2 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to earlier icy conditions and flooding in #NorthBarrington on Route 59 (Hough Rd) NB/SB between Cuba Rd and Route 22 #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 3 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to accident in #BishopFrd on Bishop Frd (I-94) Outbound between 130th St and Dolton Ave #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 3 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed in #KennedyExpyLanes on Kennedy (I-90/94) Expy Lanes Inbound between Edens Expy and Ohio St/Ontario St #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 3 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to icy conditions in #NorthBarrington on Route 59 (Hough Rd) NB/SB between Cuba Rd and Route 22 #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 3 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to accident in #DownersGrv on Main St NB/SB between Burlington Ave and Warren Ave #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 4 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to accident in #Kennedy on Kennedy (I-90) Outbound between Montrose Ave and Lawrence Ave #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 4 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to accident in #Kennedy on Kennedy (I-90/94) Outbound between Armitage Ave and Fullerton Ave #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

• 4 days ago

  TotalTrafficCHI

  Closed due to icy conditions in #NorthBarrington on Route 59 (Hough Rd) NB/SB between Cuba Rd and Route 22 #CHITraffic https://t.co/GCesNZoWap

DOT Accident and Construction Reports

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  TYPE: Miscellaneous

• At Western Ave - Accident.

  TYPE: Accident Serious

Chicago IL News Reports

• Flat Tire Leads To Hinsdale DUI Arrest: Cops

  • Illinois
  • Hinsdale

  • source: Bing / Patch on MSN
  • 2 views
  • Feb 26, 2025 12:13pm
  Hinsdale police released their weekly blotter Wednesday. Here is information from the latest reports: DUI A 44-year-old Chicago woman was arrested about 1:30 a.m. Sunday in the 10 block of West ... Read More

• Southwest Airlines plane aborts landing after close call at Chicago's Midway Airport

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Feb 26, 2025 07:26am
  A Southwest flight had to quickly abort its landing to avoid a potential collision with a private jet on the runway at Chicago's Midway Airport. Read More

• Another close call at Reagan National Airport, Chicago Midway

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 6 views
  • Feb 26, 2025 06:23am
  In a statement, the FAA described the go-around as a safe, routine maneuver performed at the discretion of a pilot or at the request of an air traffic controller. The pilot successfully executed the ... Read More

• Michael C. Kurelja

  • Illinois
  • Route 17

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Feb 26, 2025 00:00am
  17

  Michael C. Kurelja, 38, of Chicago, Illinois, and formerly of Mifflinburg, died on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in an automobile accident on U.S. Route 220 in Jersey Shore, Lycoming County. Read More

• Southwest flight nearly collides with jet at Chicago's Midway Airport

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Feb 25, 2025 5:45pm
  Video showed Southwest Flight 2504 nearly touching down on the runway before lifting off again to avoid a jet that entered the runway. Read More

• Southwest 737 and small business jet have 'near collision' at Chicago Midway Airport

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Feb 25, 2025 4:46pm
  Federal authorities are investigating a near-collision at Chicago's Midway airport between a Southwest 737 and a small business jet. The 737 was landing when the business jet entered the runway. Read More

• Carjacking suspect in custody after dramatic pursuit on I-94

  • Illinois
  • I-94 Near Sibley

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Feb 25, 2025 4:00pm
  94

  LAKE COUNTY - A lengthy police chase that started in Chicago ended just west of the Indiana-Illinois state line ... off in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 94. Chicago Police Department ... Read More

• Why a Southwest Airlines plane aborted landing on Chicago airport runway

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 4 views
  • Feb 25, 2025 1:28pm
  A Southwest Airlines plane aborted landing at the Chicago Midway International Airport as a business jet crossed the runway. Todd Yeary, a former FAA air traffic control specialist, joins CBS News ... Read More

• Southwest plane, jet narrowly avoid collision at Chicago's Midway Airport

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Feb 25, 2025 12:33pm
  CHICAGO ( WGN) - A Southwest Airlines plane and a jet narrowly missed colliding with each other on a runway at Chicago's Midway International Airport Tuesday. The incident happened around 8:50 a.m. Read More

• Video shows Southwest plane and private jet nearly crash at Chicago Midway airport on Tuesday

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Feb 25, 2025 11:07am
  The incident occurred around 8:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 after a jet entered a runway at Chicago Midway Airport "without authorization." ... Read More

• Southwest Airlines plane has near-collision with jet at Midway Airport

  • Illinois
  • Airport

  • source: Bing
  • 4 views
  • Feb 25, 2025 10:22am
  A Southwest Airlines plane and private jet had a near-collision at Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday morning. Read More

• Memphis man arrested for death of highway worker

  • Illinois
  • US 91

  • source: Bing
  • 3 views
  • Feb 24, 2025 1:25pm
  91

  A 24-year-old man from Memphis, TN was arrested in Chicago five months after the hit-and-run death of a highway construction worker. Read More

• Driver killed, another hospitalized after head-on crash in Chicago suburb

  • Illinois
  • Route 21

  • source: Bing
  • 4 views
  • Feb 24, 2025 12:19pm
  21

  Preliminary reports indicated one of the vehicles was traveling southbound in the northbound lane of Route 41. Read More

• Northbound Kennedy Expressway closed at I-94 Split due to multi-vehicle crash: ISP

  • Illinois
  • Edens Expy

  • source: Bing
  • 5 views
  • Feb 24, 2025 04:21am
  All northbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway were shut down in Chicago during rush hour Monday at the Edens Expressway split after a multi-vehicle crash left multiple people with life-threatening ... Read More

• Kennedy Expressway crash: 2 seriously injured in 3-car collision

  • Illinois
  • Northbound

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Feb 24, 2025 04:11am
  Two people were critically injured in a three-car crash early Monday on the Kennedy Expressway. The crash shut down all northbound lanes for an investigation. CHICAGO - Two people suffered ... Read More

• Unintentional Police Firearm Discharge During Arrest of Robbery Suspects in Chicago's Austin Neighborhood

  • Illinois
  • S Austin Ave

  • source: Bing
  • 1 view
  • Feb 23, 2025 9:51pm
  A police gun accidentally discharged during the arrest of three robbery suspects in Chicago after a high-speed chase; no one was hit, and COPA is investigating. Read More

• Driver killed in north suburban Chicago 2-car crash

  • Illinois
  • Northbound

  • source: Bing
  • 16 views
  • Feb 23, 2025 08:18am
  A driver was killed in a two-car front-end crash in north suburban Lake County early Sunday morning. Lake Bluff police said the crash happened shortly before 5 a.m. on northbound Illinois Route 41 ... Read More

• Chicago hospital stabbing ' 100 bags of drugs seized ' Officer killed in crash

  • Illinois
  • Belvideret

  • source: Bing
  • 2 views
  • Feb 23, 2025 07:18am
  CHICAGO - Two staff members, including an ER doctor, were injured at Provident Hospital in Chicago on Monday; a Chicago man was allegedly arrested with 108 bags of heroin and fentanyl and four bags of ... Read More

• Man taken to hospital in critical condition after crashing into NW Side Dollar Tree: Chicago police

  • Illinois
  • N Milwaukee Ave

  • source: Bing
  • 0 view
  • Feb 20, 2025 06:36am
  The man, who was driving a Nissan, crashed into the store's front window about 12:25 p.m. in the 5300-block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Jefferson Park, police said. Read More