Local Accidents

Chicago, IL (January 14, 2025) – Illinois State Police (ISP) troopers said that there was a report of a crash involving a passenger vehicle and two state police cars on Tuesday morning, January 14. The incident was reported at around 7:50 a.m. in the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 near the Harlem Avenue Exit. It’s

Chicago, IL (January 13, 2025) – According to the Illinois State Police, charges are now pending for a wrong-way driver who crashed into a downtown bus overnight on Monday. That crash happened shortly after midnight near Dearborn and Jackson in the Loop. According to police, a Jeep driving the wrong way down a one-way street

Barrington, IL (January 12, 2025) – Illinois State Police (ISP) troopers said that an officer is recovering after his squad car was hit while he was helping with a crash on Saturday, January 11, in northwest suburban Barrington. The crash happened at Route 59 and Higgins Road just before 10:00 a.m., officials said. Illinois State

Chicago, IL (January 11, 2025) – According to troopers with the Illinois State Police (ISP) and local officers, inbound and outbound Metra UPNW trains were stopped for several hours near Norwood Park after a train struck a vehicle on January 11, killing one person. Metra officials said the train was scheduled to arrived at Harvard at 5:20

Champaign County, IL (January 10, 2025) – Illinois State Police troopers say that part of Interstate 74 westbound was closed after a three-vehicle crash in Champaign County on Friday morning. Illinois State Police responded to a crash on I-74 westbound involving two semi-trucks and one passenger car by milepost 194 near St. Joseph at about

Chicago, IL (January 9, 2025) – Two police officers and another man were rushed to the hospital on Thursday, January 9, following a crash on Irving Park Road on the Far Northwest Side. Police said at 6:00 p.m., the officers were driving east in a marked squad car in the 8100 block of West Irving

Chicago, IL (January 8, 2025) – One person was hurt after a crash involving a school bus filled with students on Monday, January 6, on Interstate 290 near Itasca, according to Illinois State Police. The crash happened just before 11:30 a.m. on eastbound I-290 at I-390 in Cook County. State police said troopers responded to

Joliet, IL (January 7, 2025) – Illinois State Police (ISP) troopers said that a two-vehicle crash in Joliet on Tuesday, January 7, led to one of the vehicles smashing into the dining area of a McDonald’s restaurant. According to police, the crash happened at 4:15 p.m. when a Nissan Versa, driven by a 70-year-old woman of Shorewood,

Lincoln, IL (January 6, 2025) – Illinois State Police (ISP) troopers said that a section of Interstate 55 near Lincoln was closed for about three hours on Sunday, January 5, after a crash involving four semis and a car. The accident happened about 4:35 p.m. after one of the semis jackknifed across all three lanes

Chicago, IL (January 5, 2025) – According to officers with the Chicago Police Department, a man was critically injured after being hit by a car on the city’s South Side early Sunday morning. The incident happened at about 4:50 a.m. on Sunday in the 2600 block of West 60th Street, police said, and the man