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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Early Tuesday morning around 4:30 a.m. on I-57 near Monee Manhattan Road near Monee, a 1967 Pontiac collided with a Ford truck in the grass median on I-57 in a T-bone collision. One man was in critical condition following the crash, two other people were in fair-to-serious condition, and two people were in good condition. One of the patients was a child. All five were brought to St. James Hospital and Health Centers in Olympia Fields. Check back for updates.

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

The Will County State's Attorney early Tuesday morning approved charges against the driver of a vehicle that struck a 14-year-old girl and drove off. The incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. Monday on South Chicago Street, also known as Route 53, and Pheasant Run Road, in Joliet. 

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Friday, April 11, 2014
A 16-year-old boy was critically injured in a Saturday night crash while riding with a driver arrested for DUI, police said. Will County Sheriff's police said the crash happened around 9:45 p.m. in the 400 block of Oak Street. According to police reports, a northbound 2005 Chevrolet Silverado crossed into the southbound lane, went into a skid, struck two trees on the passenger side and smashed into a mailbox and boulder on the side of the road. Deputies reportedly found the rear tire on the other side of the street and bottles of beer behind the passenger seat.
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
A driver who was allegedly drunk and driving the wrong way on Interstate 355 injured multiple people in a crash Monday night. About 8 p.m., the driver was heading south on northbound I-355 lanes near 143rd Street near southwest suburban Lockport when the vehicle struck another head on, Illinois State said. The driver of the second vehicle was taken to a hospital for a broken leg, Pilgrim said. There were also an unspecified number of children in that vehicle with minor injuries, police said.