Distracted driver crashes, causing power outage for over 200 in Chicago
Video shows the SUV drive through the poles and trash cans and even hit garages.
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Video shows the SUV drive through the poles and trash cans and even hit garages.
Illinois State Police said around 3:10 a.m., troopers attempted to make a traffic stop on a stolen car, a silver Ford, on westbound I-290 at Damen.
Preliminary reports indicated that for unknown reasons, a Silver Hyundai left the roadway, struck the concrete median wall, and came to rest on the left shoulder.
The driver, a 43-year-old man, was taken by ambulance to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The crash happened in the 6100 block of South Racine Avenue just before 11:30 p.m.
A 22-year-old man was heading southbound on Racine in a Ford pickup when he failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a male driver in a red sedan, police said.
Chopper 2 was over a one-car accident on a ramp along Chicago's DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
An 88-year-old man from Kenosha was pronounced dead, and a 46-year-old man from Machesney Park man suffered minor injuries as a result.
Preliminary reports say a 1996 Ford Club Wagon van, driven by the man, was heading northbound on River Road when it attempted to pass a vehicle in a marked no-passing zone.
Niles Fire Department Chief Marty Feld said the front of the car ended up in a women's restroom inside the building.
The driver was cited and taken to a local hospital.
Prosecutors said Tangie Brown admitted to having three drinks at Tree House Chicago bar before the crash. Her blood alcohol level was 0.093.
It all started in the parking lot of a Jewel Osco where police say the car owner spotted his stolen Dodge Durango.
The crash pushed the family's couch--and the woman sleeping on it--across the living room.
The trooper stopped on the left shoulder of I-65 southbound at the 116-mile marker on a curved and narrow shoulder to help a stranded motorist change a flat tire.
The car was seen on the side of the road with its front and back crunched in.
It's unclear what caused the crash or if anyone was hurt.
Two officers in the marked CPD car were traveling southbound on Pulaski Road with their emergency equipment activated when they struck a Lexus SUV waiting at a red light on Montrose Avenue, police said.
Two officers in the marked CPD car were traveling southbound on Pulaski Road with their emergency equipment activated when they struck a Lexus SUV waiting at a red light on Montrose Avenue, police said.
The front of both cars was badly damaged with the police cruiser's front crushed into a building.
Park Ridge police and fire crews responded to the scene for a report of a vehicle that crashed into a tree.
The victims were trying to go around the barrier before they got hit by the train, according to fire officials.
The captain says they were trying to go around the barrier before they got hit by the train. The victims were said to be in their late teens or early 20s.
ISP Sgt. Glen Fifield said the bridge on the northbound 247 mm overpass is "completely frozen."
Police said the girl ran away after the car she was in was hit by another car on Illinois Route 59.
Andre Lewis, 57, was arrested at 2:23 p.m. Sunday in the 6900 block of South Damen Avenue, Chicago police said.
News of Carroll's death was shared on social media early Monday by multiple friends and collaborators.
Meanwhile, protesters, elected officials, and ICE representatives all offered comment Monday after at least 16 people were taken into custody during clashes with federal agents last week.
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The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
The department said the patient was a 4-year-old child who was not vaccinated.
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News of Carroll's death was shared on social media early Monday by multiple friends and collaborators.
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News of Carroll’s death was shared on social media early Monday by multiple friends and collaborators.
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Andre Lewis, 57, was arrested at 2:23 p.m. Sunday in the 6900 block of South Damen Avenue, Chicago police said.
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Andre Lewis, 57, was arrested at 2:23 p.m. Sunday in the 6900 block of South Damen Avenue, Chicago police said.
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The victim was shot in the chest at Halsted and Lake streets and was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle had hit multiple unoccupied parked cars in the 10100 block of South Avenue M, police said.
