Published Saturday June 08 2013 10:59 am. Tags: Morton Grove Fire Department, Morton Grove Police Department, personal injury crash, personal injury crash Morton Grove, truck vs. house crash
VIDEO: Pickup truck crash into house at Harlem Avenue and Arcadia Street, Morton Grove. Morton Grove police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 4:00 AM Saturday to a report of crash with injuries at Harlem Ave and Arcadia St Morton Grove, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a vehicle crashed into a house. Rescuers arrived [...]
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Published Thursday May 23 2013 9:39 pm. Tags: Barrington Police Department, truck vs train crash
VIDEO: Aftermath of truck vs. train crash at Canadian National crossing on Northwest Highway just west of North Avenue in Barrington, Illinois. Barrington police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:00 PM Thursday to a train vs truck crash on the Canadian National railroad, just west Northwest Highway and North Avenue, Barrington, IL. Apparently a westbound semi-trailer [...]
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Published Thursday May 02 2013 3:47 pm. Tags: Crystal Lake Fire Rescue, house fire, multiple house fires, multiple house fires Crystal Lake
VIDEO: Firefighting operations near the intersection of Carrington Drive and Remington Drive, Crystal Lake (Photos from the scene …). Crystal Lake and Nunda Township firefighters 3:29 PM Wednesday to a report of a house fire at 3217 Carrington Drive Crystal Lake, IL. Firefighters arrived to find one home fully-involved with flames and embers landing on [...]
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Published Monday April 22 2013 6:27 am. Tags: crash Edens Expressway, crash Interstate 94, crash Skokie Highway, expressway crash, Northfield Fire-Rescue, personal injury crash, personal injury crash Edens Expressway, personal injury crash Skokie Highway, Truck crash, truck crash Edens Expressway
VIDEO: Prospect Heights Crash Truck 39 and ambulances respond to a crash involving a truck and two cars, which caused at least one of the truck’s gas tanks to cause a fire (Video taken from the Frontage Road on the west side of Edens Expressway/Skokie Highway/I-94 — CREDIT: YouTube.com/brian60093). Northfield firefighter/paramedics responded about 9:09 p.m. [...]
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Published Saturday April 20 2013 4:58 pm. Tags: crash, crash I-290, crash I-294, crash Palatine Road, crash Route 53, graupel, multiple vehicle crashes, personal injury crash
VIDEO: Multi-vehicle crash on I-294 over Central Road, crashes on Palatine Road, crashes on Route 53, and an extrication crash on I-290 over Addison Road. Graupel or snow pellets fell about 10:00 p.m. Friday causing very slick roads. The pellets are extremely slippery when they are fresh on the streets. They often melt and then [...]
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Published Tuesday April 16 2013 8:05 am. Tags: Des Plaines Fire Department, Des Plaines Police Department, Metra, train vs. pedestrian
UPDATE: A male pedestrian was struck by a train and killed near the downtown Des Plaines Metra station about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Inbound and outbound train movement was halted near Des Plaines due to the pedestrian incident involving train #618 about 7:30 a.m. The duration of this delay is unknown but extensive delays are expected. [...]
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Published Saturday April 06 2013 11:57 pm. Tags: fatal crash, fatal crash Nile, Niles Fire Department, Niles Police Department
VIDEO: Crash scene under investigation at Caldwell Avenue, just north of Oakton St, Niles. Niles police and firefighter/paramedics 2:00 AM Saturday responded to report of a rollover crash into a house Seward St and Oakton Ct Niles, IL. Police and firefighter/paramedics arrived to find a car that hit a tree and was resting against a [...]
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Published Thursday March 28 2013 7:21 am. Tags: ice rescue, Lake Zurich Fire Rescue, water rescue
Lake Zurich firefighter/paramedics responded to Lake Zurich near Paulus Park about 2:36 p.m. Wednesday and rescued two teenagers from and ice shelf after they fell into cold water with two other children — all residents of Lake Zurich. A Lake Zurich public works employee initially tried to reach the stranded teenage boy, but he returned [...]
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Published Monday March 18 2013 8:57 am. Tags: armed robbery, armed robbery Streamwood, fatal armed robbery, stabbing, stabbing death, stabbing Streamwood, Streamwood Police Department
Three surveillance still images have been released by police, which show a side view, an oblique view, and a view with the offender standing and twisted to the right. The images apparently show a man wearing a dark hoodie, dark head and facial cover (possibly a dark Balaclava), dark over-the-wrist long gloves with a white [...]
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Published Saturday March 16 2013 10:52 am. Tags: Barrington Fire Department, Barrington Police Department, Metra train-pedestrian incident, train pedestrian incident, train pedestrian incident Barrington
Metra train that was involved in accident that struck an 11-year-old boy as it was stopped near the Barrington Metra station (submitted by a commuter at the scene Friday night). Barrington police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:05 PM Friday to a report of person hit by a train at the Mertra Station Barrington (one block [...]
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Published Friday March 08 2013 8:26 am. Tags: burn victim, Cary, explosion, factory explosion, factory explosion Cary, flight for life, Illinois
EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON VIDEO (6:52): Explosion with debris flying and heavy smoke from a commercial building where paint and paint striping systems are manufactured at 640 Industrial Drive in Cary, Illinois (VIDEO CREDIT: 3GSTORE.COM). Three people were seriously injured at a paint factory explosion on Industrial Drive in Cary Tuesday after, but fortunately are expected [...]
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Published Wednesday March 06 2013 4:37 pm. Tags: box alarm, Cary Fire Protection District, explosion, explosion Cary, explosion video, industrial fire, industrial fire Cary, MABAS Box Alarm Second Level, MABAS Division 5
EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON VIDEO (6:52): Explosion with debris flying and heavy smoke from a commercial building where paint and paint striping systems are manufactured at 640 Industrial Drive in Cary, Illinois (VIDEO CREDIT: 3GSTORE.COM). Cary firefighers responded about 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2013 to an explosion and fire at 640 Industrial Drive. Witnesses on [...]
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