A 22-year-old man was charged with a DUI after he was involved in an accident on Illinois Route 23 that injured five people. According to Urbana police, that man was driving on Lincoln when he attempted to turn left onto Fairbanks because he thought he had the protected green arrow. He was charged with a… Read More
A woman involved in an accident with a police officer plead guilty to two different offenses and was sentenced to six months of condition discharge. The incident occurred in January when the woman struck the rear-end of a cop car that caused his vehicle to hit another stopped squad car. The collision was at the… Read More
A national safety recall has lead to state safety officials in Illinois to issue an inspection on pool drainage systems. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall of nearly one million drainage grates after they were marked incorrectly. The items may be a drowning hazard after it was found that the vacuum effect may… Read More
A Manteno man is fighting to have a 4-way stop sign installed at an intersection near his home because multiple accidents have occurred here over time. The most recent crash involved his neighbor’s daughter and it was the last straw for him. The man has lived near the intersection of Third and Walnut for 15… Read More
This Wednesday, two drivers were injured in a car accident in Vermilion County. According to the Illinois State Police, the accident occurred at 8:38 P.M. when one of the drivers, for an unknown reason, crossed over the center line and collided head-on with another vehicle. The 76-year old driver was traveling northbound on Illinois 1… Read More
A school bus that was carrying eight children was involved in an accident outside of Urbana Middle School. According to police, the accident was between a school bus, a car and a minivan. It began as the school bus driver attempted to pass a car, but struck and pushed it forward. The bus then went… Read More
Two people, a man and wife, were killed in a car accident on Interstate 74 near Farmer City over the weekend. According to officials, the 63-year-old man and 62-year-old woman were traveling eastbound down the roadway when their car traveled onto the median. Their car traveled hundreds of feet on the median until it fell… Read More
Two employees with the Danville ambulance company were injured after a they were involved in a rollover accident on Wednesday. The accident occurred as the ambulance was traveling down the roadway and ran off the road because of the slick surfaces. Once it ran off the road, the emergency vehicle flipped multiple times. The 21-year-old… Read More
According to state police, two people were injured in a car accident in rural Iroquois County on Saturday morning. The accident occurred as a 63-year-old man was driving on U.S. 24 just west of Iroquois County Road 2820 East when he got into the path of a Ford F-150. The two cars collided sending both… Read More
One woman was killed in an Illinois rollover car accident on Saturday. The 25-year-old victim was from San Jose and was the only person in the vehicle when the accident occurred. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred on U.S. 136 when the woman was driving east and lost control of her vehicle as… Read More