Illinois Car Accidents

OAK LAWN, IL - Oak Lawn police issued 232 citations during their crackdown on scary driving. The fall enforcement safety campaign, which ran from Oct. 24 through Nov. 3, was part of the '?Drive Sober ...[...]

One person was hospitalized after a traffic wreck on the Sterling exit ramp off I-74, and the ramp has been closed to traffic while the incident is still under investigation.[...]

Each option is projected to make the corridor safer for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. But it means slowing traffic, adding one to four minutes to the drive from Ireland Grove Road to Shepard Road ...[...]

Pleasant Prairie police are searching for a man they say led police on a chase, crashed into two cars and several power poles, knocking himself unconscious. Police say 39-year-old Gil Melendez, of ...[...]

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CARJACKING: Park Forest resident Macharion Autry Moore, 24, and Chicago Heights resident Davion Riggins, 25, are charged with vehicular hijacking after taking a vehicle by force Nov. 5 from a man in ...[...]

Pre-trial release has been denied for a Chicago man accused of trafficking drugs from California to Illinois over the weekend aboard an Amtrak train. Brock Okennard, a 45-year-old Chicago resident, ...[...]

Westbound traffic near the I-24 Ohio River Bridge is blocked due to a crash, according to KYTC. The cabinet expects recovery and cleanup to be "lengthy," and has activated Emergency ...[...]

Firefighters responded to a vehicle on fire on Tuesday afternoon near Carbondale. A member with the Carbondale Fire Department said crews responded to the vehicle fire at 2 p.m. on November 11, along ...[...]

I've kind of accidentally fallen in love with scouring Northern Illinois' back roads and looking for Roadside attractions. They give me a reason to hop out of the car, stretch my legs, and chat with ...[...]

Invasive species cost Americans $21 billion every year, and the carp could destroy the Great Lakes. Not only would they wreck the ecosystem, but they would also endanger people; the large fish can ...[...]

A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Northwest Indiana and the northern suburbs while much of the Chicago area has been downgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory.[...]

Motorists on Interstate 90 in Austin will be detoured for 24 hours beginning Nov. 14, while construction crews prepare the work zone for traffic to change near the Fourth Street Northwest bridge.[...]

As snowy weather swept across Central Illinois on Sunday and Monday, so did slippery conditions and traffic crashes. Illinois State Police and law enforcement across Central Illinois responded to ...[...]

Part of U.S. Highway 52 / Illinois Route 64 is temporarily closed due to a crash Monday afternoon. The road is closed between Benton Street and Vanbuskirk Road, according to a Facebook post from the ...[...]

A woman died in a weather-related crash in Gurnee Sunday night and three others are injured, including a baby and child. Officers responded just before 8:55 p.m. on the report of a traffic crash with ...[...]

A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Northwest Indiana and the northern suburbs while much of the Chicago area has been downgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory.[...]

A crash involving multiple cars on DuSable Lake Shore Drive brought traffic to a standstill Monday morning during rush hour on Chicago's South Side.[...]

The suspect led police on separate pursuits through Ballard and McCracken counties after the armed carjacking of a vehicle in Springfield, Illinois, according to the McCracken County Sheriff's Office.[...]

A vehicle fire in a service bay damaged a Sterling business Friday, Nov. 7. The Sterling Fire Department was dispatched shortly before 4 p.m. to a structure fire at C&K Undercar Specialists, 1812 E.[...]

Bridge was blocked off in the Illinois-bound lanes between Bettendorf and Moline Friday night.As of 8 p.m., all lanes and the Illinois-bound on-ramp appeared to be open. At 7:37 p.m., traffic appeared ...[...]

A woman was critically injured after she was struck by a car on the city's North Side overnight. According to Chicago police, the crash unfolded just before 9 p.m. in the 3600 block of North Lake ...[...]

For months, the ABC7 I-Team has been examining how one of Chicago's century-old bridges crossing the Chicago River are now resulting in a flow of problems, from needed repairs piling up, to a lack of ...[...]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the car crash and subsequent confrontation between federal immigration agents and ...[...]

A new ranking has Illinois near the top of the list for human trafficking survivor laws. The state is ranked number two and has improved from an '?F'? rating to an '?A,'? because of work from all levels ...[...]

The US Department of Transportation is cutting 10% of airline traffic at 40 major airports due to the government shutdown, which may affect connecting flights at the Peoria International Airport and ...[...]

SPRINGFIELD - 40 airports around the U.S. will see a 10% reduction in flights because of air-traffic controller shortages, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced.[...]

Drivers are advised to avoid the intersection of Adams and Washington Streets in Bartonville due to a trailer spill, which has reduced Adams Street to one lane and is expected to continue until ...[...]

One person was injured after a vehicle fire in Randolph County on Thursday. Illinois State Police Troop 10 responded to the car fire on Illinois Route 154 south of Woodcox Road on November 6, at 1:08 ...[...]

Illinois State Police Troop 6 responded to a traffic crash on I-55 southbound at milepost 88 in Springfield, Sangamon County, on November 6 at approximately 12: ...[...]

Aurora police and firefighters responded at about 11:21 p.m. after receiving multiple 911 calls about the collision. First responders found the man, 24, and the 23-year-old woman ...[...]

Illinois State Police reported multiple crashes on Interstate 57 northbound at the 89-mile marker on Wednesday around noon.[...]

Police in Aurora, Illinois, west of Chicago were investigating a crash that split a car into three different pieces early Thursday morning.[...]

Chicago's O'Hare and Midway Airports are among 40 high-traffic markets that will see thousands of flights cut starting Friday, a report from NBC News said, as the Federal Aviation Administration works ...[...]

Stuck in traffic dont see anything. [...]

Traffic is completely stopped has not moved in over 10 min[...]

Dead stop eastbound [...]

Cant see, standstill north bound traffic[...]

At 64/57 split. Standstill on 57[...]

Standstill traffic for the last hour[...]

Traffic jam then heavy traffic [...]

Traffic stopped. Randall Rd Blocked NB at College Green[...]

Traffic at stand still.[...]

Standstill[...]

Fires in the ditch with ambulance present. Smoke & fires for about a mile. Closer to the Okawville exit looked like the cause with more emergency vehicles. [...]

Standstill 30 mins +[...]

still stand traffic for over an hour[...]