State police are remembering Trooper Gerald Ellis, who was killed four years ago when he used his squad car to hit a wrong-way drunk driver, saving a family on I-94 near Libertyville. Ellis was on duty around 3:25 a.m. March 30, 2019, traveling home in his squad car on westbound Interstate 94 near mile marker […]
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Officials remember trooper who was killed by drunk driver while saving a family on I-94 near Libertyville
State police are remembering Trooper Gerald Ellis, who was killed three years ago today when he used his squad car to hit a wrong-way drunk driver, saving a family traveling in a nearby car on I-94. Ellis was on duty around 3:25 a.m. March 30, 2019, traveling home in his squad car on westbound Interstate […]
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2 transported to hospital after alleged drunk driver hits police squad car in Harvard
A 23-year-old man was charged with driving under the influence after he struck a police squad car in Harvard, causing himself and the officer to be transported to the hospital for evaluation. McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Byrnes said the sheriff’s office responded to the intersection of Route 14 and Blackman Street in Harvard around […]
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Video released shows drunk driver crashing head-on into police car in Wauconda
Editor’s Note: The below video could be considered shocking or disturbing to the viewer. Viewer discretion is advised. Newly released video shows a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Route 12 in Wauconda and hitting a police squad car as the officer tries to stop the driver from crashing into other motorists. Wauconda Police […]
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‘Could have been deadly’: Drunk driver slams head-on into Wauconda police car carrying police canine
A Wauconda police squad car carrying a police canine was struck head-on by a repeat drunk driving offender on Route 12 in Wauconda early Sunday morning, causing the officer to sustain injuries. Wauconda Police Department Sgt. Heather Cognac said Officer Jon Finze and his canine partner, Badger, were searching for a wrong-way driver on Route […]
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Drunk driver charged with causing multi-vehicle crash that killed innocent man in Fox Lake
A Plainfield man has been charged after he allegedly drove drunk and caused a five-vehicle crash that left an innocent 72-year-old man dead and another person injured in Fox Lake in June. John M. Buckley, 57, of the 24000 block of Thornberry Drive in Plainfield, was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the […]
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State police remember trooper who was killed by drunk driver while saving a family on I-94 near Libertyville
State police are remembering Trooper Gerald Ellis, who was killed two years ago today when he used his squad car to hit a wrong-way drunk driver, saving an entire family traveling in a nearby car on I-94. Illinois State Police said that Trooper Ellis was on-duty around 3:25 a.m. March 30, 2019, traveling home in […]
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Wife sues Crystal Lake bar that allegedly served drunk driver before fatally striking her husband
The wife of an Algonquin man, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2019 in Crystal Lake while riding on his motorcycle, has sued the bar that allegedly served the drunk driver. Deborah Klinger, of Algonquin, filed a lawsuit against Coleman’s Crystal Lake Bar, which is located at Virginia Road and Berkshire Drive in […]
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Speeding drunk driver crashed into Waukegan police car, injuring officer, authorities say
A woman, who was speeding and ‘highly intoxicated,’ was charged after she slammed her vehicle into a Waukegan police car early Sunday morning, injuring the officer inside. Alisha Smith, 35, of the 2900 block of Willow Lane in Zion, was charged with criminal damage to government property, driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with […]