http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/ Published by VanPopering Law Offices en-us 2010-03-03T17:10:16-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2010/03/lake_shore_drive_chicago_car_c.html There was no ice on Lake Shore Drive when a Chicago police officer’s squad car slid and crashed as he responded to a burglary. The crash took Sergeant Alan Haymaker’s life February 22, 2010. Police Supt. Jody Weiss said Wednesday,... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2010-03-03T17:10:16-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2010/02/chicago_man_injured_after_car.html A motorist was hospitalized after his car crashed into a guard rail and burst into flames January 22, 2010 on the Edens Expressway near north suburban Skokie. Illinois State Police responded about 1:20 p.m. to the accident on the northbound... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2010-02-02T08:20:27-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2010/01/idot_vehicle_crash_perhaps_rel.html No one was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed into an Illinois Department of Transportation vehicle following a fight at a club early January 24, 2010 on the West Side. Around 4 a.m., a vehicle struck a parked car in... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2010-01-31T08:15:25-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2010/01/offduty_chicago_police_officer.html An off-duty Chicago police sergeant was involved in a two-car accident on January 2, 2010 that killed a woman in the Mount Greenwood community. The 65-year-old woman was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m., reported the Crook County medical examiner’s office.... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2010-01-26T17:32:42-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2009/12/chicago_sheriffs_officer_cited.html Cook County Prosecutors added another charge against a Cook County sheriff’s officer who drove into a highway worker on an Eisenhower ramp back in September. Offier Tony Lampkin, in uniform but off-duty at the time of the accident, allegedly hit... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2009-12-21T14:55:41-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2009/12/two_injured_in_dekalb_county_i.html A 4-year-old girl from Streamwood and a man from Huntley were critically injured in a head-on traffic accident November 24, 2009 on DeKalb County’s Plank Road, east of Lukens Road. DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies reported that the child, whose identity... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2009-12-03T18:20:38-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2009/11/chicago_expressway_partially_c.html The Northbound express lanes of Chicago’s Dan Ryan Expressway south of downtown were closed the weekend before Thanksgiving after a five-car crash left several people injured. Thirteen ambulances responded to what turned out to be just a five-car collision on... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2009-11-25T17:16:28-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2009/11/five_people_hurt_in_chicago_cr.html Four Chicago Transit Authority passengers and the bus operator were among those who sought medical attention after a CTA bus was rear-ended by a car outside Douglas Park on Chicago’s West Side. Two of the five injured were taken in... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2009-11-01T11:25:53-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2009/10/chicago_woman_injured_in_accid.html A car crashed into a pole on Roosevelt Rd near Canal St in Chicago’s South Loop, then flipped over. The female driver was transported in serious to critical condition after the crash to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said Quention Curtis, a... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2009-10-31T10:59:13-06:00 http://www.illinoisinjurylawblog.com/2009/10/chicago_teens_with_cars_are_at.html Teens with their own cars or free use of a car are much more likely to get in crashes than those who share a car. And crashes are much less common among teens whose parents set clear driving safety rules.... Auto Accident Kris Briggs 2009-10-01T09:41:07-06:00