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A 48-year-old man has been charged in a crash that injured five people at a Roseland bus stop, following a police chase Tuesday night.
James Pugh, of the 1400 block of West 115th Street, has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated fleeing; and five various misdemeanor counts including DUI, driving on a suspended license, marijuana possession, and criminal damage to property.
A bicyclist was killed after a collision with a van in Roselle, northwest of Chicago, on Tuesday morning.
The bicyclist's name was not publicly released as of 10:15 a.m., pending notification of family members, but Sgt. John Lawson said the man was born in 1966.
The incident happened on South Roselle Road just south of the Elgin O'Hare Expressway. Lawson said the driver of the van traveled eastbound on Rosemont Avenue before turning northbound onto South Roselle Road.
Two people were airlifted to the hospital after a multi-vehicle wreck in St. Clair County, Ill. on Tuesday. According to police, two men were in a vehicle heading southbound on Ill. Route 4 near Jefferson when the driver lost control, overcorrected and slammed head-on into a car heading the opposite direction. The driver of the first vehicle and a woman driving the other car were airlifted to the hospital. The other male passenger was taken to a Belleville hospital before being transfered to a hospital in St. Louis. All three victims are in critical condition.