A tow truck driver and a police officer rescued a man who was trapped and critically injured in his car that rolled over and caught on fire Friday evening in McHenry. The McHenry Police Department and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 9:30 p.m. Friday for a report of a vehicle rollover with fire […]
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Man set his car on fire in Beach Park because he was upset it ran out of gas, police say
A Waukegan man has been charged after police say he set his car on fire in Beach Park on Saturday because he was upset that it had just ran out of gas and that it would frequently broke down. Leonard H. Peters, Jr., 21, of the 2100 block of Williamsburg Drive in Waukegan, was charged […]
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‘Badly burned’ body found after car fire near Gurnee
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said they are trying to identify a badly burned body found inside a car near Gurnee on Saturday, and the car may be connected to a missing person from Wisconsin. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Gurnee Fire Department was called at 9:50 p.m. Saturday to an address in […]
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Car bursts into flames after driving under semi-truck, leaving driver trapped
A car driving on Route 41 in Lake Forest burst into flames after driving underneath a semi-truck trailer, trapping the driver inside the car late Friday evening. The Lake Forest Fire Department was called around 10 p.m. Friday to the southbound lanes of Route 41 north of Old Elm Road in Lake Forest for a […]
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Man killed after car crashes into tree, bursts into flames in Kildeer
A 27-year-old man is dead after his SUV crashed into a tree and burst into flames Monday morning in Kildeer. The Lake Zurich Fire Department and Kildeer Police Department were called at 6:30 a.m. to a report of a Nissan Murano that crashed into a tree at Quentin Road and Hidden Valley Road in […]