The News-Gazette recently reported that a Danville motorcyclist died in the early morning hours on Thursday, August 14th after being hit by a passenger vehicle. The accident occurred in the early morning hours and claimed the life of Christoper A. Williams, 33, a correctional officer at the Vermilion County Jail. Williams was apparently traveling west on U.S.… Read More

A CBS Chicago report released on July 14 mentioned that one person in Mokena was injured in a drunk driving accident. Illinois State Police Sergeant Chris Wilkes said the car accident occurred on I-80 at around 12:00 a.m. when a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) struck a rental truck. A woman inside the rental truck was later… Read More

Two persons were killed after the motorcycle they were riding was struck by a vehicle in southwest Bridgeview, an article by the Chicago Sun-Times Voices reported on June 1. Police Commander Peter Kokinis stated that a motorcycle containing Mark Hulihan, 42, and an unidentified woman in her forties was reportedly driving in the 8500 block… Read More

The Emergency Medical Services group of Western Illinois University simulated a drunk driving crash to impart a lesson to high school students about the risk of drunk driving, wgem.com reported on April 29. In the mock driving crash performed on April 28, two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision in which one individual was killed after being… Read More

At least 1.18 million Sports Utility Vehicles with potential airbag and seat belt issues were recalled by General Motors Co. on Monday, March 17. The recall affects the GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and Saturn Outlook. The airbags of the SUVs situated on the side and front could fail to work properly if the… Read More

On February 27, Illinois State Representative Jay Hoffman presented a bill that would  implement the speed-camera law across the entire state of Illinois. According to Hoffman, the bill would make speed-camera legal across Illinois. The current speed-camera law is only applied in large metropolis areas that have at least 1 million inhabitants. Traffic violations detected… Read More

An Illinois state trooper was injured on Tuesday, January 21 when his patrol car was struck by a vehicle on I-74. According to reports, the car accident occurred when a speeding westbound pickup truck lost control and ran into the back of the patrol car. The trooper was working on the scene of another incident… Read More

At least five people were injured in a three-vehicle accident near Carbondale, a report from kfvs12.com stated on Sunday, November 17. Illinois State Police said the accident happened on Friday, November 15 at around 5 p.m. when a vehicle that failed to slow down at a stop sign collided with a vehicle, which in turn hit… Read More

One person was killed after his vehicle was involved in an accident in Hancock County. In the report provided by the Illinois State Police District 14, the fatal accident happened at around 6 a.m. on Friday, November 1 when the vehicle driven by an unidentified man was struck by another vehicle driven by 77-year-old Charles… Read More

Two people were killed in a three-vehicle crash in Illinois on Thursday, September 26. The driver of a 2012 Dodge Journey, 64-year old Laura J. Basham, and her passenger, Barry N. Basham, 61, died at the scene. The accident occurred at around 8:25 a.m., according to the police. Basham was behind a semitrailer due to… Read More