Chicago, IL
Two people were killed when a car struck a light pole on the Interstate 90 Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates Sunday morning, state police said.
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Two people were killed when a car struck a light pole on the Interstate 90 Jane Addams Memorial Tollway in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates Sunday morning, state police said.
Four people were hospitalized after a domestic dispute turned into a car chase that ended in a crash in Englewood early Friday.
Two police officers are out of the hospital after a crash involving their squad car in southwest suburban Hickory Hills.
At least eight people were injured -- four seriously -- after a three-car crash in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side Wednesday morning.
The westbound lanes of Interstate 80-94 were shut down on Wednesday when a semi slid off the road.
The accident happened near Ripley street in Lake Station.
Eight people were taken to hospitals early Monday, after two vehicles crashed into a building in the Logan Square neighborhood. One of those victims later died.
A man drove an SUV into an IDOT maintenance truck that was stopped to help a motorist on the Interstate 90/94 Kennedy Expressway, sending a worker and driver to area hospitals Sunday night.
A rollover accident shut down all southbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway near 81st Street Saturday.
The crash happened at about 5:30 a.m.
Two men were killed in a rollover crash Monday night in the Norwood Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
A four-door sedan caught fire after crashing into a home in south suburban Dolton late Sunday.