Four Chicago Transit Authority passengers and the bus operator were among those who sought medical attention after a CTA bus was rear-ended by a car outside Douglas Park on Chicago’s West Side.

Two of the five injured were taken in serious-to-critical condition to Mt. Sinai Hospital, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Quention Curtis. The remaining three victims were taken to Stroger or St. Anthony in good condition.

The accident, which caused a 16-minute reroute of bus service, involved a No. 12 Roosevelt Road but that was stopped and facing east on Roosevelt. It was rear-ended by a car at Francisco Avenue about 2 p.m., reported Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman Wanda Taylor.

Taylor said preliminary information on the victims was that their injuries were non-life-threatening.

Car Accidents in Chicago

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5 hurt in crash involving CTA bus, Chicagobreakingnews.com, September 22, 2009

A car crashed into a pole on Roosevelt Rd near Canal St in Chicago’s South Loop, then flipped over. The female driver was transported in serious to critical condition after the crash to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, said Quention Curtis, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.

The woman, who was in her 30s, was driving westbound on the 400 block of West Roosevelt at about 9:30 a.m. the morning of September 24, 2009, when her car was struck by a truck.

Witnesses said the impact caused the woman’s car to fly about 15 feet in the air and hit a metal utility pole and flip over.

News as to the woman’s condition later in the day was not available.

Car Accidents in Chicago

Car accidents happen every day and more often then we think in Chicago and across the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person, sometimes not. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are available to assist you in your time of need.

Woman injured in crash involving car and truck in South Loop, ChicagoBreakingNews.com, September 24, 2009

Teens with their own cars or free use of a car are much more likely to get in crashes than those who share a car. And crashes are much less common among teens whose parents set clear driving safety rules.

These findings are in two studies from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, funded by State Farm Insurance Co. Both studies are in the October issue of Pediatrics.

Research say the findings can help parents keep their kids from becoming another statistic. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens and more than 5,000 are killed each year. Government data show that more than 7,000 people nationwide were killed in crashes involving teen drivers in 2007. More than 3,000 of these deaths were teen drivers, and more than 250,000 teen drivers were injured.

These numbers can be reduced by discussion with a teen about their responsibilities while driving. Parents can also make driving safer by instituting curfews, rules about what goes on in the car while their teen is driving, and limits on how far a teen can drive at one time.

Teens with own cars have more crashes, study finds, Google News, September 25, 2009

Car Accidents in Chicago

Teen car accidents are the number one leading cause of deaths in teenagers in the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person, teenager or not. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

A Waukegan, IL driver has been charged in connection with a deadly hit and run crash that killed Patty Kuntz, 45, of Aurora.

Frederick Washington, 24, is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. He’s also charged with obstructing justice and driving on a suspended license.

On Sunday, September 27, Kuntz was walking in a crosswalk on Lake Street in Aurora. Police say Washington did not stop after hitting her but turned himself in a couple of hours later. Police say Washington initially told them he was rear-ended by another vehicle.

Man charged in deadly hit-and-run crash, ABCLocal.com, September 29, 2009

Car Accidents in Chicago

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Chicago police are looking into an overnight fatal car accident in the South Shore neighborhood that may have involved a stolen vehicle.

On August 17, 2009, at about 12:30 a.m., a Chevrolet SUV with four occupants hit a concrete pillar at 7700 S. South Shore Dr., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines. The impact caused the car to flip, which ejected the driver.

The driver was identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Jasmine King, 22, of the 1900 block of East 73rd Place. He was pronounced dead at 4:05 a.m. at the scene. Gaines could not provide the circumstances of the accident, and he could not confirm whether or not the vehicle was stolen.

Police at the scene had told a WGN-TV news crew that the vehicle may have been stolen.

One of the occupants was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police who were at the scene. Another passenger is said to have refused treatment and a fourth was questioned about the vehicle by police, reported WGN.

Car Accidents in Chicago

It is often the luck of a thief to have an accident while driving a car he/she does not own. Unfortunately, car accidents occur regularly in Chicago and across the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

Police investigating fatal car accident in South Shore, ChicagoBreakingNews.com, August 17, 2009

An elderly Chicago man was cited for failing to yield and failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident August 25, after a Cadillac struck his Toyota Camry at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Kirk Street in Niles, Illinois.

The accident sent three people to nearby hospitals with complaints of pain, but no injuries were subsequently reported.

Sgt. Tom Davis, of the Niles Police Department said that “the driver of the at-fault vehicle was a 78-year-old from Chicago.” Davis added that “he was driving a 1993 Toyota Camry eastbound on Kirk Street and failed to yield to southbound Harlem traffic and was struck by a Cadillac driven by a 38-year-old man from Streamwood.” Davis also said the Toyota continued after being struck and ended up on the lawn of a home on the 7800 block of North Harlem Avenue. Although no damage was reported to the property, the 78-year-old had to be freed from his car because of damage to that side of the vehicle.

“The Toyota’s driver and his 75-year-old wife were transported to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital for complaint of pain,” Davis said. “The driver of the Cadillac was transported to Resurrection Hospital for complaint of pain.”

Car Accidents in Chicago

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Accident sends 3 to hospital, PioneerLocal.com, August 25, 2009

Police say a 65-year-old woman crashed her car through glass windows and into a suburban Chicago health and fitness club this past weekend.

The crash happened July 18, 2009 at a Chicago-area Curves club in north suburban Lake Zurich. Police Sgt. Robert Johnson reported that two people suffered minor injuries as a result of the accident. Johnson also said that the driver confused her brake and accelerator pedals as she was parking her vehicle.

The two injured persons were transported to a nearby hospital in the suburb of Barrington and are in good condition. The driver’s identification was not immediately released and the fitness club now will undergo a building inspection to ascertain damages.

Car Accidents in Chicago

Unfortunately, car accidents occur regularly in Chicago and across the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

Car crashes into health club, 2 hurt, ChicagoTribune.com, July 18, 2009

One person was rushed to Loyala University Health System in Chicago, Illinois, with a severed arm in the wake of a car accident the morning of July 19, 2009 in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the Southwest Side, reported police.

The accident occurred around 4:29 a.m. at the intersection of Nagle and Archer Avenues, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. Police and ambulances were immediately dispatched.

Two victims were reportedly ejected from their vehicles. One victim was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center and the other to Loyala, said Kubiak.

However, Quention Curtis, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, said that a total of five people were transported to area hospitals.

The Loyala patient reportedly had a severed arm. The arm was recovered and taken to the hospital for surgery, police say. No further information on any of the victims has been reported, Kubiak said, and Archer Avenue was closed to traffic for several hours.

Car Accidents in Chicago

Unfortunately, car accidents occur on a regular basis in Chicago and across the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

Five hurt in Southwest Side car crash, Chicagobreakingnews.com, July 19, 2009

A Chicago Police officer on his way to work landed in the hospital as a result of a traffic accident in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.

Photo by jonjon_01

About 8:45 a.m. the unidentified officer, who was in his personal vehicle, was hit by another car, which caused the officer’s car into a “T-bone” crash. This crash occurred near the intersection of East 55th Street and South Wentworth Avenue, said Wentworth District police.

The male officer was hurt, but was reported to be in “decent” shape at the hospital. He sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

A fire department spokesman said that they transported one person in serious to critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 9:09 a.m. He could not confirm if the injured person was a police officer.

Car Accidents in Chicago

Unfortunately, car accidents occur on a regular basis in our city and across the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

Chicago officer injured in car accident, SouthTownStar.com, June 5, 2009

Service along the CTA’s Blue Line came back on schedule after an accident between a car and a train the early morning of June 11, 2009.

Police suspect that wet and slick conditions on the roads caused a 2008 Dodge Charger driven by Jose Rivera, 31, of Melrose Park, to rear-end another car, which then caused his vehicle to lurch over an embankment on the Eisenhower Expressway onto train tracks where it then became pinned under an oncoming train.

Train passenger, Dale Ellis, says, “Just going on normally. All of a sudden it felt like we got hit by something. There was a dragging and a lot of shaking. All the lights went off in the car and the doors popped open. Then the train finally came to a stop. Everybody was running around trying to see if everybody was ok."

Thirty people were on the train. No serious injuries were reported, but 9 people were treated at local hospitals for minor injuries.

James Purl, 13th Battalion Chief, Chicago Fire Dept. said, "There was a couple neck and back injuries, and then I know a foot injury and just probably people distraught from the accident."

About thirty minutes after the initial incident, another train arrived to take passengers away from the scene. The Blue Line was down for several hours.

Noelle Gaffney, CTA spokesperson, said, "There doesn't appear at this point to be significant damage. Obviously, we want to get the train moved so we can look at everything underneath, but the preliminary indications are that there wasn't significant damage."

A third car whose driver saw the crash struck a median.

Rivera was cited with improper lane usage and no insurance. Further citations are pending.

Car Accidents in Chicago

Unfortunately, car accidents occur on a regular basis in our city and across the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.

Driver cited in I-290 car, train crash, ABClocal.go.com, June 11, 2009

Emotions were high and tempers flared April 12, 2009 when the Chicago Police detective charged with killing two men in an accident while driving under the influence was given what several of the victims' friends and relatives thought was a low bail.

"This man should be in jail," Andrew Cazares' friend Kenny Dennison Jr. said after Cook County Judge Donald Panarese Jr. set a $500,000 bail for Joseph Frugoli.

"I feel sick to my stomach about this; $500,000 [bond] for two lives doesn't make sense."

Almost 70 relatives and friends for Cazares, 23, and Fausto Manzera, 21, sat waiting to hear the outcome in Panarese's packed courtroom on April 12.

Outside, a few friends and relatives of the victims loudly expressed their opinions, insisting that because Frugoli was able to post bond, it was all a police conspiracy.

Freed on bail, Frugoli walked out the facility's main entrance on California Avenue at about 2 p.m., said sheriff's spokesman Steve Patterson.

Cazares and Manzera died in a fiery crash on April 10, 2009 when an intoxicated Frugoli plowed into the back of their disabled car on the Dan Ryan Expy., prosecutors said.

Frugoli, 41, has been charged with two counts of reckless homicide, two counts of driving under the influence and one count of leaving the scene of an accident.

"My client and his family are heartbroken over the incident," said Frugoli's lawyer, Gregg L. Smith. "He did not set out that night to harm anyone."

Cook County sheriff's officers Sunday got the small crowd under control and took one man into custody for his own safety, but he was not charged and later released, sources said.

The victims' immediate relatives clung to each other as they left the courthouse. They were not involved in the outside disturbance.

"This is a very sad day for all of us," Cazares' cousin Erik Franco said. "But we respect the decision made here today."

Michael Rihani, Manzera's brother-in-law, said the magnitude of the loss is just beginning to sink in.

Frugoli, an 18-year police veteran, has been relieved of his police powers.

Car Accidents in Chicago

Unfortunately, car accidents occur on a regular basis in our city and across the country. Sometimes it is because of negligence on the part of another person. It is our mission to assist those who may have been injured or harmed due to the negligence of another driver. Whether your injuries consist of whiplash or burns to your head or neck, nerve damage or spinal chord injures, broken or dislocated a bones or limbs, or loss of life, our attorneys are specifically trained to assist you in your time of need.