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2 Killed in Personal Car: First Passenger Car of Metra Train Derailed at Crossing Near Oak Forest After Crash

Thu Jul 21, 2011 04:52 pm Cardinal News

Train vs. Car Crash on the Rock Island Metra Line Kills At Least One Person Oak Forest firefighter/paramedics and Oak Forest police responded just after 4:00 p.m. Thursday to a car vs. train collision near […]

Semi-Trailer Truck Rear-Ends Several Vehicles Eastbound I-90 Near Route 59

Wed Jul 20, 2011 08:51 am Cardinal News

Hoffman Estates firefighter/paramedics and Illinois State Police troopers responded about 8:05 a.m. Wednesday to crash involving a semi-trailer truck and three cars in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 at mile marker 60.25. At least […]

Second Alarm Fire at 8 Crestview Lane in Lake Barrington

Tue Jul 19, 2011 09:09 pm Cardinal News

Barrington firefighters responded just before 9:00 p.m. Tuesday to a house fire at 8 Crestview Lane. Crews arriving on the scene reported a fully-involved house fire. Fire departments from Buffalo Grove, Palatine, Elk Grove Village, […]

Fatal Crash on Route 72 Near Hampshire Kills Jerry Crosby

Mon Jul 18, 2011 06:27 am Cardinal News

Kane County Sheriff’s police responded about 9:00 p.m. Saturday to a crash on Route 72 near Hampshire. Jerry Crosby, 20, of Rockford, was transported to Provena St. Joseph’s Hospital in Elgin, where he was pronounced […]

Crash, Extrication Operation Blocks Golf Rd (Rt 58) and Sutton Rd (Rt 59) Hoffman Estates

Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:27 am Cardinal News

Hoffman Estates police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 10:00 p.m. Sunday to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Golf Rd (Route 58) and Sutton Rd (Route 59). According to fire communications, two accident victims required […]

Motorcyclist Radostin Kolev Killed in Crash with Car at West Lake Ave and Magnolia St

Sun Jul 17, 2011 02:13 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Map Google Street View centered at eastbound center land of West Lake Avenue — looking toward the direction a 2001 Saturn was driving from before Radostin Kolev’s motorcycle struck the Saturn. Motorcyclist Radostin […]

Extra Alarm Fire — 6 Alarms — for Apartment Fire on Carriage Dr, West Chicago

Mon Jul 11, 2011 06:29 am Cardinal News

View Larger Map Google Street view near 515 Carriage Drive. West Chicago Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at about 2:15 a.m. Monday at 515 Carriage Drive in West Chicago. The fire spread quickly […]

CFD 2-11 Alarm: Rear Porches on Fire in Chicago’s Pilsen Neighborhood Started by Fireworks

Mon Jul 4, 2011 06:12 pm Cardinal News

View Larger Map Chicago firefighters and police responded about 4:30 p.m. Monday to a report of a fire in a three-story apartment building at 1323 West 18th Street. The fire spread to buildings at 1319 […]

Ana Aguilar-Lopez Killed in Three-Car Rear-End Collision on I-90 Near Devon Toll Plaza

Mon Jul 4, 2011 03:56 pm Cardinal News

Ana Aguilar-Lopez, of Rolling Meadows, was killed about 1:00 a.m. Monday while a passenger in a minivan that was rear-ended on westbound I-90 in Des Plaines, near the Devon Toll Plaza. A Pontiac minivan driven […]

Glen Ellyn House Fire on Dawes Avenue

Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:25 pm Cardinal News

Glen Ellyn house fire (Photos courtesy of Northern Illinois FireGround Photos/Complete photos …). The Glen Ellyn Volunteer Fire Company and Glen Ellyn police responded about 4:30 a.m. Monday to a house fire at 555 Dawes […]

Victor Pantaleo, 68, of Darien Killed, Passenger Injured in Plane Crash in Romeoville

Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:16 pm Cardinal News

Victor Pantaleo, 68, of Darien and second person whose identity has not been released were onboard the Cessna 210 when it crashed near the Lewis University Airport in Romeoville about 2:45 p.m. Sunday. The aircraft […]

House Fire Destroys Garage, Damages Second Floor, Attic on Brandon Rd in Kildeer

Tue Jun 21, 2011 06:32 am Cardinal News

VIDEO: Firefighters during overhaul at a house fire in the 21000 block of Brandon Road in Kildeer. Firefighter/paramedics from Lake Zurich Fire Rescue Department responded about 6:30 p.m. Monday to a report of a house […]

Small Private Plane Crash in Burbank at Narragansett Park

Sat Jun 18, 2011 06:17 pm Cardinal News

A single-engine Cessna 172N crashed in a field and flipped upside down near 77th and Narrangansett Avenue, Burbank about 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The pilot and three passengers escaped without injuries. The park is located just […]

World War II Vintage B-17 Bomber Liberty Belle Crashes in Oswego

Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:18 am Cardinal News

A World War II vintage B-17 bomber “Liberty Belle” made and emergency crash landing in a cornfield in Oswego Monday after taking off from Aurora Airport in Sugar Grove about 9:30 a.m. All seven on […]

Eric Friedle Killed in Motorcycle Crash After Swerving to Avoid Animal in Gurnee, Illinois

Thu Jun 2, 2011 02:13 pm Cardinal News

Gurnee police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:05 a.m. at Rollins Road and Scarborough Drive, Gurnee. Friends of the victim are reported to have witnessed Eric Friedle swerve to avoid hitting an animal in the roadway, […]

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