2 killed, 3 hurt in Eisenhower Expressway crash
State police said the crash happened just after 3 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-290 near Damen Avenue.
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State police said the crash happened just after 3 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-290 near Damen Avenue.
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Illinois State Police said the troopers saw a black Ford Escape wanted for a carjacking on I-94 at 39th Street.
During the chase, the two state police cars crashed into two parked cars at Kostner and Lexington.
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Twenty-three-year-old Isaac Espejel is charged with reckless homicide and drunk driving. He was the only survivor in the crash that killed two passengers.
One person was injured in the incident. Illinois State Police are investigating the crash.
Police said last Sunday, 31-year-old Lamont Ross shot at a car driving on the entrance ramp from Independence to the eastbound Eisenhower Expressway.
Nathan Sweeney, 44, of DeKalb was charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence in the crash that killed Deputy Christina Musil, 35.
The driver of the Jeep was ticketed for DUI and violating Scott's Law.
Police say Destiny Dixon was one of the people who stopped to help the driver trapped inside a flipped car when another car sped through the crash scene, hitting Dixon and another man.
ISP is also extending the deadline for the next round of applications to May 1.
Starting July 1 of this year, all new troopers will earn a total compensation above $90,000. To allow more people to earn this increased pay, the Illinois State Police (ISP) is also extending the application deadline to May 1.
It happened Wednesday afternoon, just after 3:00.
Illinois State Police were called to the northbound Bishop Ford Freeway near 170th Street for a rollover crash, and found the man who had crashed had been shot.
Preliminary information indicated that a black Mitsubishi sedan lost control for an unknown reason and struck the right concrete median before swerving left and striking a blue Hyundai SUV.
Illinois State Police said two cars crashed in the local lanes on I-90 at Pulaski Road just before 4 a.m.
Illinois State Police announced that Ruben Barajas, 31, of North Riverside, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
The trooper was taken to an area hospital for treatment and was released.
The crash shut down the eastbound lanes of the tollway here for five hours before they were reopened.
Calvin D. Woods, 32, was arrested by the ISP Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 East Violent Crimes Unit. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
Illinois State Police said the crash happened around 11:15 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-94 at 34th Street.
Preliminary information revealed a car was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of traffic when it struck a tow truck – causing it to strike a third car.
ISP troopers responded to eastbound I-70 just west of milepost 151 around 5:41 p.m. for a crash involving a squad car that was struck by another car.
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