1 dead in motorcycle crash with truck in Cicero
One person was killed after a motorcycle and a truck collided.
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One person was killed after a motorcycle and a truck collided.
The crash happened just before 6 a.m. in the 3500 block of South Cicero Avenue.
Troopers responded to the scene for the report of a fatal traffic crash involving a semi and a truck-tractor semi-trailer.
Illinois State Police said five vehicles were involved in the crash.
Friends of the victim said the crash was no accident.
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It happened just before 3:30 in the 6600 block of North Caldwell Avenue.
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Illinois State Police said the driver was the only one inside the vehicle. They died at the scene.
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Chicago police say the driver, only identified as a male, was traveling southbound in a silver sedan when he disregarded a traffic light and entered the intersection.
Arriving deputies found a 39-year-old man from Arlington Heights who was critically wounded and without a pulse.
Arriving officers indicated a car traveling eastbound in the center lane of Oakton Street collided with the bicyclist, identified as a 37-year-old man, who fell to the ground.
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Chicago police said a white Dodge SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed when it disregarded a stop sign and struck a green Buick sedan that was traveling through the intersection.
Fire officials took a man inside the grey sedan to West Suburban Hospital, where he died. Three other male passengers in the sedan were taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
The male driver of a Dodge Durango was heading westbound on Lake Street when he collided with a gray-colored sedan, causing both vehicles to strike the pillars.
The motorcycle hit the back of a white Toyota Prius and caught fire, state police said.
Illinois State Police say a person on a motorcycle crossed onto a ramp as a person in a white car was driving down the ramp.
The crash happened just before 3:30 a.m. in the 4600 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Chicago police said a male, whose age was not released, was driving in the southbound lanes when he lost control of the vehicle after a tire blew out and struck a tree.
A 42-year-old Chicago man is dead after a crash on Tuesday evening south of Rochester.
The Lake County Sheriff's deputies Identified the robbery suspect as 40-year-old Chritina A. Linter. She was charged with attempted aggravated robbery.
One restaurant manager said the strip mall stores keep their cash securely locked up, so the burglars didn't get much.
Metra said inbound and outbound trains on the UP-North Line were halted as of 8:40 a.m.
The children were found just before midnight during a well-being check in the 500 block of West Oak Street.
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Police said, around 4:05 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire at 1845 Pierson Parkway, and when they arrived, they found several people running out of a New Year's party.
The Lake County Sheriff's deputies Identified the robbery suspect as 40-year-old Chritina A. Linter. She was charged with attempted aggravated robbery.
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One restaurant manager said the strip mall stores keep their cash securely locked up, so the burglars didn't get much.
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The victim was shot in the chest and right leg, police said.
The victims range in age from 18 to 46.
Police said, around 4:05 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire at 1845 Pierson Parkway, and when they arrived, they found several people running out of a New Year's party.
