Kane

Henry and Jennifer Rethorn, a married couple from Kane, Illinois, died tragically when the Harley Davidson they were riding on was struck from behind when the driver of a Dodge Ram failed to stop at a traffic light at Kane Road on US 67 southbound. The Rethorns were both thrown from the motorcycle and pronounced …

Chicago

An 11-month-old girl was ejected from an SUV when a semi-trailer truck heading north on Dearborn Street ran a red light and struck the SUV on Ohio Street.  Apparently, the child was not strapped into a child seat and was being held in the back seat by a passenger of the SUV.  The child is …

Avondale

Alcohol and possibly narcotics are believed to have been a contributing factor in a serious crash that occurred at approximately 2:50 a.m. near the intersection of Kedzie and Elston.  The occupants of the vehicle were all injured, at least one of them critically, when the 1995 Honda Accord sedan the four were traveling in struck …

Elgin

Angela Hansen, a 21-year-old woman from Sycamore, was involved in an accident when her motorcycle struck a tractor-trailer truck. The collision occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. yesterday on Route 20 near the intersection of Plank Road in Elgin Township. Ms. Hansen was thrown from her motorcycle upon impact with the tractor-trailer. Despite wearing a helmet and …

Geneva

Monica Warner, a 23 year old woman from North Aurora, was backing her car out of a private driveway on the south side of the 200 block of Fabyan Parkway  at approximately 6 am this morning , when a garbage dump truck struck her vehicle. Tragically, Ms. Warner was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, …

Chicago

The Kennedy Expressway was shut down following a fatal accident that occurred between an SUV and a semitrailer truck on westbound I-90 just east of River Road about 6:10 a.m. this morning. The SUV driver, identified as Rufino Sanchez, was rear-ended by the semitrailer truck, causing him to lose control of his vehicle and strike …