Accident

The death of Oswego and Westmont restaurateur Matthew Verde has left a void in both communities

A car crash Tuesday morning ended in the at-fault vehicle striking a barber shop at the corner of Essington Road and Caton Farm Road in Joliet.

Two vehicles sustained front end damage after a crash on Bethany Road near DeKalb Avenue in Sycamore.

A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for a West Chicago man accused of leaving the scene of a crash that claimed the life of an 85-year-old female resident of Winfield, prosecutors said.

The Channahon Fire Protection District responded to a rollover crash on Front Street in Channahon on Sunday afternoon.

A 35-year-old Wheaton woman has died from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash in Naperville, police said Thursday.

Adam Jomant of Lockport is an operations specialist for the Will County 911 System, staff photographer for the Joliet Slammers, freelance photographer, volunteer for the Will County Emergency Management Agency, and avid hiker and storm chaser.

A 70-year-old Bartlett man was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian after police said he struck a woman in a crosswalk Monday afternoon

Violeta Lara, 18, was pronounced dead on Saturday afternoon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago where she had been hospitalized for her injuries from an Aug. 4 accident.

A 22-year-old Joliet man was in critical condition Friday night after being struck by car.

Illinois State Police have confirmed that Westbound I-80 has been reopened after a traffic accident shut down all lanes during the morning rush on Thursday.

Hector Castillo, 75, died as a “result of a motor vehicle, pedestrian crash” in Joliet, according to a statement on Sunday from Will County Coroner Laurie Summers’ Office.

Joliet police and fire department units responded to an accident Thursday morning after an SUV ran a red light and struck a school bus, according to police.

The Kenworth semi-tractor was westbound on Pines Road, pulling a flatbed trailer with wood pallets, when the crash occurred.

West Pines Road is closed from 10th Street in Oregon to South Gale Road outside the city limits after a semitruck overturned Thursday afternoon. Extrication efforts to remove the driver from the upside-down vehicle were underway as of 1:15 p.m., Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.

An Illinois State Police officer was injured in Will County Monday after a driver hit his squad car during an accident investigation.

Single-vehicle crash was in the 1000 block of North Freeport Road, north of Polo.

A CITGO Lemont Refinery employee has been recognized as a hero by the company and the Village of Lemont after he saved a citizen from a burning vehicle in January.

Tampico held a vigil Sunday, March 31, 2024, in memory of Jayden Lee Hanson, 14, Channing Swertfeger, 14, and 16-year-old Douglas “DJ” Dorathy, who died in a collision Thursday afternoon.

Crest Hill Police have reported that two people were killed in a car crash Saturday night. A search is underway for the driver, who fled the scene.

A Wheeling man has been identified as the person who died in a three-vehicle crash Jan. 16 in Round Lake, authorities said.

Dixon fire and police personnel responded to a three-vehicle crash about 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at the intersection of North Galena Avenue and Court Street in Dixon.

The Joliet Police are investigating a fatal car crash which took place late on October 11.

A late night crash in Homer Glen killed one woman and left another in critical condition on October 4.

Police say a 49-year-old Lake Villa man was killed Sept. 5 when the motorcycle he was riding collided with an SUV along Route 21 near Libertyville.

Police report a man has died after a single car accident on I-355 Tuesday.

Two people were killed early Wednesday in a head-on collision on Interstate 55 in Wilmington, according to Illinois State Police.

Chloe L. McCully of Wilmington died in the accident on Saturday night.

Jacob K. Ammons killed in Thursday crash

A key witness in a 2017 reckless homicide case has filed a federal lawsuit alleging his constitutional rights were violated when he was kept inside the Will County jail last year in order to testify at trial.

A Bolingbrook man was issued citations for violating Scott’s Law by failing to yield to a stationary emergency vehicle and failing to reduce speed to avoid a crash that damaged an Illinois State Police trooper's vehicle, police said.

Aidan Wilda, 19, of Lockport, was the driver of a motorcycle who was killed after he was struck by another vehicle in Joliet.

The wreck happened Tuesday evening on Black Road

Grundy County Coroner John Callahan and the Grundy County Sheriff’s department are investigating the single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Morris man early Monday morning.

Jordan M. Murillo, 18, of Bolingbrook, was killed in a single-vehicle crash overnight on Interstate 55 after his vehicle went off the roadway and struck a tree, according to Illinois State Police.

At about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, the lanes of I-55 in Will County were re-opened following the clean up of diesel, bottles and soybeans that spilled on the roadway from a crash of two semitrailers.

A train collided with a vehicle Friday in Plainfield at the Main Street rail crossing at the Canadian National grade crossing.

Michael A. Moon II of Joliet killed in Sunday night collision

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over a Joliet Township crash on Aug. 31 that led to the death of Michael Langlois, 56, of New Lenox.

A semitrailer had struck two passenger vehicles in the crash on Wednesday, Illinois State Police said.

Bryant Gallegos, 20, of Bolingbrook, died after he was involved in a crash on Wednesday at the intersection of Hassert Boulevard and Jonathan Way in Bolingbrook, police said.

Northbound lanes of Route 53 have been re-opened, police said. A dump truck was involved in a single-vehicle crash and there were no injuries to the driver, police said.

No citations were given, McHenry County Sheriff's Office says of incident involving bicyclist, Algonquin police squad car.