Chicago Illinois Car Accident Lawyer Blog

There was a three-vehicle collision involving a Pace van on Chicago's Southwest Side Friday (June 14) afternoon, in which thirteen people were injured. The accident happened at West 76th Street and South Pulaski Road, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

The accident happened as the Pace van was heading northbound on Pulaski at approximately 4:15 p.m., when it was involved in a "head-on" collision with a vehicle traveling southbound.

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A man has died this morning following a Thursday night accident on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) near the O'Hare Oasis.

The man has been identified as Andrew Lam, 50. He was pronounced dead at 4:06 a.m. by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

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Today (May 31) began a test program at the intersection of State Street and Jackson Blvd. in Chicago that allowed people to walk diagonally across the intersection during a preset interval. The changes are supposed to make the intersection safer for pedestrians and are supposed to increase traffic flow.

This new pedestrian crossing pattern is called the "pedestrian scramble" (or alternately as the "Barnes Dance.")

According to a Chicago Tribune article of today, titled "Loop intersection begins test of 'pedestrian scramble'" :

The test involves stopping all vehicles -- heading east on Jackson and north and south on State -- for 35 seconds every third traffic light cycle to let pedestrians cross in all directions, including diagonally.

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About 3,000 vehicle crashes involving pedestrians, causing several dozen pedestrian deaths, occur in Chicago each year, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The city's pedestrian plan calls for reducing crash-related pedestrian injuries by 50 percent.

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There was a "wrong-way driver" accident this morning (May 23) on the Chicago Skyway, near 85th Street. Four people were injured.

The accident happened at approximately 5:04 a.m., when a Honda driving north in the southbound lanes collided "head-on" with a pickup truck, according to the Chicago Police.

The pickup truck hit the concrete median and rolled over.

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There was a fatal accident this morning on the Kennedy Expressway at Cumberland Avenue involving a semi truck and three cars.

Details on the accident appear limited at this time.

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There was a fatal accident this morning involving a collision between a Chicago Police SUV and a car. The accident happened on Chicago's South Side, at 76th Street and Yates Boulevard, at approximately 10:20 a.m.

The police officers were pursuing alleged suspects of a home invasion that were fleeing.

The two police officers were injured during the collision and were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

The driver of the car has been identified as Jacqueline Reynolds, 56, of Chicago. She was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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There was a fatal car accident on northbound I-355 on Saturday, which led to the death of an elderly couple. The accident happened in the northbound lanes of Interstate 355, known as the Veterans Memorial Tollway, near Boughton Road, which is near Bolingbrook.

Details on the accident are limited at this time, and the accident remains under investigation.

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There was a fatal pedestrian accident in Chicago's West Loop today, involving a woman who was struck by a truck.

Details on the accident are somewhat limited.

The victim, who died at the accident scene, was identified as Catherine Cong Ye, 24, of State College, PA.

The accident happened near Halsted and Randolph Streets.

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There was a vehicle accident on Sunday night on the Edens Expressway in Northbrook, Illinois, that injured four people.

According to Illinois State Police, the accident happened on the Edens near Tower Road, in the northbound lanes. The accident happened around 9:10 p.m.

The accident happened when a truck struck a car as the truck merged from the right lane into the center lane. The truck driver then veered to the right, struck another car, and ran into a wall on the left shoulder.

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There was a fatal accident on I-294 today in Elmhurst, Illinois. The accident, which was a "chain-reaction" accident, involved six vehicles.

Details on the accident are somewhat limited.

However, it is being widely reported that the accident happened on I-294 near Lake Street in the southbound lanes at approximately 5:45 a.m.

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There was a fatal truck accident on Interstate 80 (I-80) near Joliet after two semi trucks collided.

The accident happened at approximately 3:42 a.m., on I-80 at Houbolt Road.

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There was a car accident on Lake Shore Drive on March 30, in which a woman was injured, and on Wednesday (April 3) she died from her injuries.

The woman who died yesterday of her injuries has been identified as Verlinda Perry-Hill, 52, of Chicago.

The accident on Saturday night happened at approximately 10:45 p.m. Mareo Nutall, 32, of Chicago, was driving an SUV southbound on Lake Shore Drive, in the 4700 South block, when he rear-ended the minivan in which Verlinda Perry-Hill was driving. There were no passengers in either vehicle.

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There was a fatal accident involving a semi truck and Illinois State Police (ISP) car Thursday night on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) in Northbrook, south of Willow Road. The accident led to the death of Trooper James Sauter, 28, of Vernon Hills. He was pronounced dead at the accident scene.

Trooper Sauter had pulled over onto the left shoulder of I-294. Around 11:00 p.m., he was rear-ended by a semi truck, at which point both vehicles burst into flames.

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There was a fatal automobile accident on the Stevenson Expressway early this morning. Details on the accident appear limited at this time; however, the vehicle involved ran into crash barrels on the median of the expressway. The accident happened on the Stevenson Expressway near Kedzie around 12:50 a.m.

The man involved has been identified as Alejandro Gonzalez-Luna, 37 of Chicago. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital about 1:40 a.m.

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There was a fatal vehicle accident on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive (LSD) early this morning. Two men died and two others were critically injured.

Details on the cause of the accident were initially limited. However, it was later determined that the accident involved a "wrong-way driver" who was driving northbound in the southbound lanes at speeds that may have exceeded 60 m.p.h.

The accident happened at approximately 4:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive between Belmont and Diversey and involved three vehicles, comprised of two SUVs and a car.

The "wrong-way driver" was the only occupant in his vehicle, and alcohol may have played a factor. His vehicle initially hit a vehicle driven by a woman, before striking a 2013 Jeep occupied by two men.

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