Crash

A Sycamore woman was injured in a two-car crash Tuesday that authorities allege was caused by a Carol Stream driver.

Clay Russell, 61, was pronounced dead Sunday on Interstate 55 in Wilmington.

A motion for pre-trial release was denied Tuesday for a Naperville woman accused of crashing a school bus that transports special needs children, prosecutors said.

A 26-year-old Aurora man is facing a felony charge after police say he fatally struck a pedestrian in Wheaton early Sunday morning and left the scene.

The 48-year-old passenger of a motorcycle that was involved in a crash near Antioch has succumbed to her injuries, authorities said.

A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday in a crash in Lisle

A 21-year-old Otttawa man was hospitalized Sunday after Ottawa police say he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a concrete barrier on Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Lake County Sheriff’s deputies continue to investigate a serious traffic crash that occurred Saturday evening involving a motorcycle.

Lake County Sheriff’s crash investigators are looking into an overnight single-vehicle fatal traffic crash that occurred in unincorporated Antioch.

A driver involved in a Joliet crash last year that led to death of a 25-year-old passenger from Texas has been charged with aggravated driving under the influence.

A motorcycle operator was killed following a two-vehicle crash in Joliet on Thursday evening at the intersection of North Larkin Avenue and Ingalls Avenue.

An Oswego motorcycle operator has been hospitalized for life-threatening injuries following a crash in Joliet, police said. It is the second major crash involving a motorcycle since Thursday.

A driver crashed into Farkas Funeral Home in Joliet after evading an SUV that was traveling into the path of her vehicle, police said. City inspectors are evaluating the structural integrity of the building.

One person was killed in a crash involving a semitrailer and a minivan on Interstate 80 near Morris in Grundy County.

Courtney Miller, 18, who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Mokena has been identified by the Will County Coroner’s Office.

Two women were injured in a two-vehicle, head-on crash shortly before 6:30 p.m. Friday at Illinois Route 2 and Sink Hollow Road, just outside of Dixon.

An 18-year-old girl was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Mokena, police said. A 47-year-old driver was issued citations and the investigation remains ongoing.

The cause of a crash on I-80 crash that left two people injured on Thursday morning still remains under investigation. The roadways have been re-opened.

A grand jury has indicted a Joliet man on charges alleging he was driving under the influence of alcohol in a July 28 crash that led to the death of a woman in Beecher.

The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Thursday.

A Joliet woman has been charged with failing to report a fatal crash in Crest Hill that led to the deaths of Laurie Cooper, 53, and Danny Cooper, 68, both of Plainfield.

The driver of a Ford Mustang was killed when her car crossed into the path of an oncoming pickup truck on Route 30 near Joliet on Monday morning.

Joliet police determined that the 18-year-old woman was driving an ATV with a 15-year-old boy sitting behind her.

Two people from Aurora were hospitalized with injuries Friday after a traffic crash in Sycamore Township at Peace and Freed roads, authorities said.

A Rutland man who was driving a tractor in September 2023 when it collided with a motorcycle, killing its driver, was charged Friday with reckless homicide, DeKalb County court records show.

Lake County Sheriff’s crash investigators are investigating a Thursday afternoon five-vehicle crash that left one person critically injured, police said.

The driver of a pickup truck on Interstate 55 in Channahon has died after his vehicle struck a bobtail truck, according to Illinois State Police.

Campton Hills police and rescue workers responded to a Thursday morning crash where a sedan drove under the rear axles of a loaded semi-trailer weighing about 80,000 pounds carrying feed.

Update: Seven people, including residents from DeKalb, Elgin and Wheaton, suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash at Baseline and Glidden roads in Kingston Wednesday, DeKalb County Sheriff Andy Sullivan said. One driver was airlifted to a Rockford hospital.

Update: A married couple from Rochelle was killed and multiple others injured in a five-car pileup on Interstate 88 in DeKalb County Tuesday, when a box truck crashed into another car, prompting a chain reaction of collisions, authorities said.

A DeKalb man was killed over the weekend after his motorcycle collided with a vehicle on Aurora’s far west side, authorities said.

DeKalb County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Jim Burgh said the man allegedly crashed a 2017 Kia near the area of Genoa and Pierce roads Sunday, and attempted to flee the scene by knocking on a nearby resident’s door asking to use a phone.

Two men suffered major injuries in an ATV rollover crash in rural northwest DeKalb County Saturday, authorities said.

A Huntley teenager was among six others hospitalized during two separate car crashes at the same intersection of Melms Road and Illinois Route 23 in northern Genoa less than 24 apart, authorities said Friday.

The cause of a crash on Friday that led to the death of a 62-year-old motorcycle operator from Plainfield remains under investigation

A passenger who was standing outside of a pick-up truck on Interstate 80 near Shorewood and Channahon was killed in a crash involving a semitrailer and another pick-up truck.

A 57-year-old male motorcycle operator was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 55 in Channahon Township.

A bicyclist from Joliet has been hospitalized after he was struck by a vehicle in area not illuminated by streetlights.

A Sycamore man suffered serious injuries following a car vs. motorcycle crash Sunday and was airlifted to a hospital in Rockford, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A Kane County judge warned a driver involved in a Central school bus crash on Halloween 2022 that killed two passengers and severely injured a third that his time on electronic home monitoring requires him to be "perfect" or he will go to jail.

A Kane County sheriff’s deputy was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Aurora.

A multi-vehicle crash on the west side of Joliet Wednesday evening resulted in one person being killed. Police responded to the scene around 6:30 p.m. on West Jefferson and Airport Drive, according to Joliet police.

A St. Charles woman died and two others were injured Monday after a single-vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 88 near DeKalb County, authorities said.

A Round Lake Beach man who was involved in a serious crash May 23 in Gurnee has died of his injuries, police said.

A semi lost control Wednesday morning on Interstate 80 at about mile marker 110 and left the roadway, crashing into an apartment building in the 1800 block of East Anne Lane in Morris.

A motorcycle operator who was seriously injured in a Joliet crash was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

The driver of a semitrailer pulling a fuel tanker has been charged with driving drunk in a Joliet Township crash that left a woman and two children with severe injuries.

Joliet police learned the man was just released from the Will County Detention Center

A jury trial concluded June 6 in the Lake County Courthouse with guilty verdicts on all counts related to a 2020 fatal DUI rollover crash.

A 69-year-old Sandwich woman died following a single-vehicle rollover crash near Millington in La Salle County.