Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

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

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• 17 Year Old Cited In Chicago Traffic Aides Death

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 18, 2007 10:04 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Angela Jaynes died Monday after being struck by a van while she was working as a Chicago traffic aide. It has now been reported that the driver of the vehicle was a 17 year old with no license and no insurance. He was speeding and ran the red light at the intersection where Jaynes was working. This is the second traffic control aide to be hit and killed on the job in Chicago in only six...

• Chicago Traffic Aide Dies After A Van Strikes Her

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 17, 2007 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Angela Jaynes, a Chicago traffic control aide, was killed on Monday after being hit by a van that was speeding through the intersection where she was directing traffic. Jaynes had only five minutes left before her shift was over when she was slammed in the back by the van when it flipped in the air at the intersection of Ashland and Archer on Chicago's Southwest side.Jaynes was only 39 years...

• Bus Accident Injures Six in Chicago

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 12, 2007 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A school bus collided with another vehicle early Thursday morning in Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood. The collision caused injuries to four children and two adults. The six injured people were taken to the hospital for treatment. The four children were reported to have only minor injuries while the two adults were reported to be in fair to serious condition.There was no additional...

• Early Morning Accident on Lake Shore Drive

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 09, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Early Friday morning a Volvo crashed on Lake Shore Drive at Balbo. Five people were critically injured as a result of the crash and were taken to area hospitals including Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Cook County Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital. There was no immediate report as to what caused the crash, but it appears that no other vehicles were involved.If the cause of the crash is a...

• Girl Dies After Car Collides With Dump Truck

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 09, 2007 11:28 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Wrongful Death
  

  A five year old girl died in a car accident on Friday when she was riding in the car with her brother and mother at U.S. Highway 41 and Indiana 114. The girl's mother was driving the car when it collided with a Mack dump truck. The girl was airlifted to the University of Chicago Hospital to try and save her life. The girl's brother and mother were treated and released from the Jasper County...

• Motorcyclist Killed in Chicago Suburbs

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 03, 2007 6:30 PM | 3 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Bridgeview man was killed on Saturday after his motorcycle crashed into a truck. Joseph Suski was 49 years old when he died. He was wearing a helmet but still suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the truck was not injured.The reports at this time do not indicate if the accident that caused Suski's death was his own fault or the fault of the driver of the truck. The accident occurred on...

• Car Accident on Chicago's West Side

  Jamie G. Goldstein | April 03, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sunday evening a car was traveling on Homan Avenue on the West Side of Chicago when it was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Initial reports indicate that the car was hit head on by another car that had crossed into oncoming traffic. The car that left its lane was apparently traveling between 80-100 miles per hour.Four of the people in the car were very seriously injured. Two of them were...