A driver of a Jeep Laredo caused a serious accident and then fled the scene on foot. The accident happened around 9:37 p.m. Friday in Elgin, Illinois at the intersection of Seneca Street and Spring Street. The driver of the Jeep was traveling at an excessive speed on Seneca when he failed to stop…
Friday afternoon six children were injured after an accident involving a school bus occurred in Belleville, Illinois. It is presumed that the accident happened when the driver of an SUV failed to yield at the intersection of Foley Drive and West Main Street, as they were turning left. The driver of the SUV and…
Sadly, a person was struck and killed Friday morning by a MetroLink train in Belleville, Illinois. The unidentified person was hit and killed near the Swansea station and Scheel Street. The female pedestrian was walking on the tracks for unknown reasons when the westbound train hit her. The victim’s car was found near the…
A commuter train struck and killed a man Wednesday in Wheaton, Illinois. Authorities responded to the accident around 7 p.m. near Manchester Road and Birch Drive. The DuPage County Coroner pronounced the 37-year-old victim dead at the scene of the accident. The Metra Train was traveling west of downtown Wheaton on Union Pacific tracks….
Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln County, Missouri, a man was killed following a head-on crash. 44-year-old Richard Gannon was driving his vehicle on Route E when he attempted to pass another car, and struck another head-on. The accident happened just west of Highway 61, and Gannon died at the hospital following the accident. 46-year-old, Jewel…
Sadly on Thursday another life was lost due to a fatal train accident. This time, a man tried to outrun a train, and unfortunately lost. The victim was 38-year-old, Jonathan Schrage, and was killed when a train struck his truck near Route 143 in Madison, Illinois. Although the warning lights were flashing, and the…
Monday evening in Washington Park, Illinois a couple died in a very tragic and fiery crash. Furthermore, 68-year-old, Ervin Hufling, and his 63-year-old wife, Mary were killed when their RV blew a tire near mile marker 4 on Interstate 64. The RV was hauling another vehicle at the time of the accident, and when…
A 23-year-old man, who caused a fatal crash in November of 2014, is now facing numerous charges for driving under the influence and driving on without a valid driver’s license. The accident occurred in St. Charles, Illinois when the driver admitted to the responding authorities that he had snorted heroin just before operating his…
In a joint effort, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, The Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Missouri Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has shut down Lawrence B. Iken, DPM, LLC. For healthcare fraud. Lawrence B. Iken, DPM, has plead guilty to charges including submission of false documents, reimbursement claims. From 2006 through…
Officials for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration are investigating an accident that claimed the life of one worker Wednesday morning. The workplace accident occurred at an Acme Industrial Plant in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The employee was a 50-year-old man who became lodged in a machine that is used to cut and shape…