Motor Vehicle Accidents

First responders called to crash on I-294 near O'Hare Int'l Airport

CHICAGO, IL - Major traffic delays were reported following a collision along a Tri-State Tollway exit ramp near O'Hare International Airport on Sunday night. 

According to Total Traffic Chicago, the incident took place at about 11 p.m. on the southbound exit ramp from I-295 to I-190. 

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1 injured after driver runs red light, hits ambulance in West Town

CHICAGO, IL - A collision involving an ambulance in West Town on Tuesday night left one person injured, according to CBS News.

Investigators say a vehicle ran the red light at West Chicago Avenue and North Noble Street at about 11:30 p.m. and broadsided the ambulance. 

Paramedics in the ambulance jumped into action, quickly extricating the driver of the striking vehicle. 

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Man, 33, charged in deadly crash on I-55 in Will Co.

WILL CO., IL - A man from Wilmington is facing a number of charges in connection to a wrong-way crash last month that claimed the lives of two people. 

According to CBS News, 33-year-old Michael Trinka, was traveling in the oncoming lanes of I-55 near Lorenzo Road at about 10:30 p.m. on June 27th when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV.

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Update: Man, 29, charged in connection to fatal crash involving CTA bus

CHICAGO, IL - Police have charged the driver responsable for a suspected DUI crash involving a CTA bus what left one person dead and 15 others injured on Sunday. 

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Several injured in head-on collision in Grand Crossing

CHICAGO, IL - A three-vehicle crash on Chicago's South Side last Friday left several people with serious injuries, according to WLS

The collision took place shortly before 11 a.m. at the intersection of 71st Street and Dorchester Avenue.

Firefighters say one vehicle crossed the center line and slammed head-on into another. A third vehicle traveling behind then became involved in the crash. 

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Wrong-way collision involving CTA bus on DLSD kills 1, injures 15

CHICAGO, IL - A wrong-way crash involving an SUV and a CTA bus near Montrose Beach left one person dead and 15 others injured early Sunday. 

According to WLS, a Dodge Journey was heading south in the northbound lanes of DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Montrose Avenue shortly before 6 a.m. when it slammed head-on into the CTA bus. 

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