Automobile Accidents

• Chicago Man Dies In Car Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 22, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Ricardo Chavez-Cornejo was killed Sunday morning when he was ejected from the car he was traveling in on the Edens expressway. It is believed the driver of the car fell asleep at the wheel causing the car to cross several lanes of traffic and strike the center median. The driver and other passenger of the car were not seriously injured.Ricardo Chavez-Cornejo was only thirty-one years old when...

• Two Killed In Car Crash Near Joliet, Illinois

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 21, 2007 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Two people were killed Friday evening after the car they were traveling in on Highway 55 near Joliet, Illinois crashed. Witnesses say the car was traveling at a high rate of speed. It is believed that the driver lost control of the car causing it to hit the median and then rollover several times.The investigation into the crash continues and toxicology tests are still pending. The family of...

• Good Samaritan Killed On Chicago Highway

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 20, 2007 8:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Thirty-three year old Everardo Morales was killed when he stopped to help another motorist on Chicago's Interstate Highway 94. Morales was struck by the trailer of a truck and pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not ticketed.The accident occurred at a very congested area of the highway just before it merges with the Dan Ryan expressway. Further investigation is necessary to...

• Pennsylvania Bus Crash Kills Two Injures Thirty-One

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 20, 2007 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A bus traveling in Clearfield, Pennsylvania early Sunday morning veered off the road and crashed, killing two people and injuring thirty-one other passengers. It is not known at this time what caused the bus to exit and re-enter the road, but eventually it ended up on its side. Several of the passengers that survived were transferred to nearby hospitals in serious condition.This tragic bus...

• Passenger Killed When Car Slams Into Light Pole

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 19, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  One man was killed on Thursday on Chicago's Southwest Side after the car he was traveling in struck a light pole. The car was said to be traveling at an excessive rate of speed when it crashed. The passenger in the car, Lorenzo Balcazar-Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was in critical condition.When a passenger is killed in an automobile accident, the victim's family may be...

• Chicago Car Crash Involves CTA Bus

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 18, 2007 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  An early morning crash on Chicago's South Side involved a CTA bus, a truck and several cars. The accident occurred at Archer Avenue and Ashland Avenue in Bridgeport. At least three people were injured in the accident, two of which were in serious to critical condition.There is no information currently on what caused the accident, or if the CTA or another driver is to blame for the accident. ...

• Drunk Driver Causes Accident in Chicago Suburb

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 21, 2007 8:45 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A woman was rushed to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove after she was involved in an accident with a drunk driver. The 20 year old drunk driver, Lorena Baylon, was charged with DUI after causing the early morning three vehicle accident. Baylon struck the victim's car head on when she crossed over the center line and into oncoming traffic. A truck then hit the back of the...

• Allstate's Profits Rise, Maybe Now They'll Pay

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 20, 2007 3:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Allstate and other insurance companies when reviewing claims like to follow the mantra "delay, deny, defend." In recent months Anderson Cooper of CNN began reporting on how these companies low ball accident victims and refuse to pay them what they rightly deserve. Their method of paying off claims for lower amounts than they should, which often works, happens because victims want to get on...

• Car Crash Takes Crystal Lake Woman's Life

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 20, 2007 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Jodi Retzlaff was killed when a Toyota Highlander drifted into oncoming traffic and hit her vehicle. The Highlander caused Retzlaff to slam into a truck and then be broadsided by an SUV. After the accident she was airlifted to the hospital but died later from her injuries.Retzlaff was only 23 when she died on Wednesday at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. The accident...

• Chicago Teen Killed

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 19, 2007 12:15 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Louis Killingworth was only 16 years old when he died Wednesday afternoon. Killingworth was crossing West Garfield Boulevard at South LaSalle Street Wednesday morning when a van driven by Jimmy Scurlock turned the corner and took Killingworth's life. The 16 year old boy was rushed to Stroger Hospital but was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon. Scurlock was ticketed for the accident and for...