Hesperia

Locals are mourning the loss of Charles James Lovell, following his death in a multi-vehicle crash Monday evening. Lovell was riding his motorcycle west at the intersection of Main Street and Timberland Avenue in Hesperia when he was struck by a Kia Optima traveling southbound through the intersection. Lovell was thrown from his motorcycle, landing on the driveway of a nearby …

St. Elmo

Early Monday morning, cyclist Jason Hearty was traveling along Route 40 outside of St. Elmo when he was struck from behind by a westbound vehicle. Following the accident, the driver fled the scene, leaving Hearty on the side of the road. When authorities responded, they pronounced Hearty dead at the scene. According to reports, Illinois State Police have identified …

Tulare

An entire family is trying to recover after a crash took the lives of 10 year old Jamie Espinoza and her grandmother, Angelita Espinosa. Some time after 10 pm on Saturday night, a Ford Edge driven by Cheyenne Wyllie, 25 ran stop sign and broadsided a Honda Pilot driven by George Espinosa Jr. — carrying four passengers. Following the crash, Wyllie …

Yorkville

A speeding semi trailer caused a frightening chain-reaction crash in Yorkville, IL on Friday, seriously injuring local residents Dennis J. Craddock, 31 of Middleton and 19 year old, Jakob Price. The semi, driven by 24 year old Michael D. Janes failed to stop at a Route 47 intersection where Craddock’s Nissan pickup was stopped. Janes rear-ended the Nissan with such force that it …

Whittier

Following the death of 58 year old Victor Gallegos in a hit-and-run accident on Saturday, the suspect has turned himself in. Gallegos, an Army veteran, was struck at the intersection of Pickering Avenue and Hadley Street in Whittier, at around 9 pm. The suspect fled the scene in his white Toyota pickup truck, leaving Gallegos in the intersection. He later died …

Dolton

Early Saturday morning, Francisco Sotelo Juarez of Chicago Heights was killed when an SUV traveling the wrong way down the Bishop Ford Expressway crashed into his car. Juarez was a passenger in a Dodge Saturn when he and his driver were struck by a KIA traveling at a high rate of speed into their path. The SUV’s driver, Derrick Williams, 43, of …