Two people were killed and three more were injured in a car accident on I-74 over the weekend. According to reports on the accident, a 63-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman were traveling east on I-74 when their vehicle entered the median of the roadway. The car traveled several hundred feet on the median before… Read More

Two people from Champaign were injured after an accident when the van they were riding in collided with a train. The accident occurred Monday night when the 18-year-old driver of the van approached the train tracks as the crossing arm began to go up. The lights were still on, but the driver began to go… Read More

A three-vehicle crash on Saturday afternoon left nine people injured. According to a state police report, the accident occurred when a 25-year-old man was driving westbound down Lincoln Avenue in Urbana and he lost control of his vehicle and struck the concrete wall. The car was then disabled in one of the lanes on Interstate… Read More

A 25-year-old woman from San Jose was killed in a one-car accident on Saturday. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred on U.S. 136 when the woman went off the south side of the road and tried to over-correct her vehicle, but this made it flip and roll over. The car finally came to… Read More

A 20-year-old Burbonnais man was killed in a drunken driving accident in Iroquois County last week. The accident occurred on 4:13 a.m. on Route 52 as the 19-year-old driver of the car lost control and went off the roadway striking a tree on the passenger side. The 20-year-old passenger was killed in the accident and… Read More

Police have said that alcohol may be a factor in the pedestrian accident that killed 20-year-old woman from St. Ambrose on Sunday morning. Authorities are waiting for toxicology reports to determine whether both pedestrian and driver had consumed alcohol before the accident. A 36-year-old man hit the woman as she crossed at the intersection of… Read More

An Urbana man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Interstate 74 at 8:30 a.m. on October 8. The 38-year-old man lost control of his motorcycle while traveling on the on-ramp of I-74. His bike traveled off of the roadway onto gravel. He then turned the bike to head back to the roadway, but the… Read More

The mayor of Rockford was involved in a four-car accident on Illinois 173 earlier this week. The mayor was traveling with his family around 4 p.m. when he was rear-ended by another vehicle when he was stopped at a stop light. The driver of Dodge Neon failed to reduce his speed when he approached the… Read More

A motorcycle and car accident in Champaign on Saturday left two people seriously injured. According to officials, the accident occurred on Kirbey Avenue and Grandview Drive when a car attempted to make a turn and turned in front of a motorcycle. The man and woman that were on the motorcycle were both seriously injured. They… Read More

Two Fairbury teens were killed in a car accident while vacationing with their family in Oklahoma. The accident occurred when the family was riding in a motor home driven by a 70-year-old man when the home went off of the side of the road and hit four concrete pillars. The driver was trapped in the… Read More