Police thanked two good Samaritans who stopped at a vehicle crash in McHenry and helped tend to an injured victim until first responders arrived Friday. The McHenry Police Department and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 3:30 p.m. Friday to Route 31 and Shamrock Lane for a report of a two-vehicle crash with heavy […]
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Good Samaritans honored for saving 11-year-old boy from Bangs Lake in Wauconda
Two fishermen who saved an 11-year-old boy from Bangs Lake in Wauconda during an incident that left a second boy dead in 2019 received lifesaving awards on Wednesday. Scott Bellanger and Michael Graves were on a fishing boat on April 19, 2019, on Bangs Lake in Wauconda. Marquis Montez, who was 11 at the time, […]
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Police say speed a factor in fiery crash that killed Waukegan woman, injured male passenger
Police say that speed may have been a factor in the fiery crash that killed a 27-year-old woman in Waukegan on Friday. Good Samaritans rescued a male passenger, police added. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 1:39 a.m. Friday to the 2300 block of North Sheridan Road for a vehicle crash […]
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Good Samaritans honored for rescuing woman in Huntley retention pond
Editor’s Note: The below video could be considered shocking or disturbing to the viewer. Viewer discretion is advised. 11 Good Samaritans were honored on Wednesday for helping save a woman who rolled her car over into a retention pond off of Interstate 90 in Huntley on August 3. Illinois State Police officials recognized a group […]