A suspected hit-and-run and intoxicated man was hospitalized in serious condition after police say he drove his SUV in a field before going airborne and crashing near a Libertyville subdivision Sunday evening. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Libertyville Fire Department responded around 6:35 p.m. Sunday to the Brookhill Park subdivision in unincorporated Libertyville for […]
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Lake Forest firefighter honored for leading police to hit-and-run suspect who left victim seriously injured
A fire lieutenant was recognized for helping lead police to the driver who hit a former police and fire commissioner and fled the scene, leaving the victim seriously injured in Lake Forest. The Lake Forest Fire Department announced on Wednesday that Lt. Erik Kositzki was recently honored at a Lake Forest police dinner. Officials said […]
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Driver charged with hitting, injuring pedestrian and fleeing the scene in Fox Lake
Police arrested a man after he allegedly hit a pedestrian, causing a serious injury, and then fled the scene in Fox Lake last weekend, prosecutors said. Justin M. Ostrowski, 29, of the 35100 block of North Randhill Drive in Ingleside, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injury, a Class 4 felony, […]
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Man charged with hitting, injuring woman with car before fleeing scene in Waukegan
A man, who was out on bond for a hit-and-run, was arrested after he allegedly hit and injured a pedestrian in the parking lot of Target in Waukegan and fled the scene. Obed Cervantes, 29, of Waukegan, was charged with one count of failure to report an accident with injury, a Class 2 felony. The […]
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‘This was all so sudden’: 14-year-old girl identified after being killed by hit-and-run driver in Waukegan
The coroner has identified a 14-year-old girl who was killed after a vehicle hit her while she was walking her bicycle Sunday evening in Waukegan. The driver, who fled the scene, was arrested. An autopsy showed that Delilah Shoemaker, 14, of Waukegan, died as a result of blunt force injuries from a crash, according to […]
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14-year-old girl killed, 2 others hospitalized after being struck by hit-and-run driver in Waukegan
A 14-year-old girl was killed and two of the girl’s family members were hospitalized after they were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Waukegan Sunday evening, police said. The Waukegan Fire Department and Waukegan Police Department responded around 9:30 p.m. Sunday to the intersection of Crescent Avenue and Garrick Avenue in Waukegan […]
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Police arrest driver accused of fleeing crash that left victim injured, trapped in car near McHenry
A 29-year-old man was arrested by police shortly after he allegedly fled the scene of a two-vehicle crash that left a victim injured and trapped near McHenry Sunday evening. Mark S. Derengowski, 29, of the 7400 block of Burning Tree Drive in McHenry, was charged with one count of leaving the scene of an accident […]
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7-year-old flown to the hospital after being struck by hit-and-run driver in McHenry
A 7-year-old girl suffered numerous injuries and had to be flown to the hospital after being struck by a pickup truck that fled the scene in McHenry, police and her family said. The McHenry Police Department and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 6:56 p.m. Saturday to the 4900 block of West Prairie Avenue […]
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Man hospitalized after boat hits jet ski, flees scene on Fox River near McHenry
Police are searching for the driver of a boat that struck a jet ski, injuring a man, and fled the scene on the Fox River near McHenry Sunday evening. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 8:24 p.m. Sunday to the 1000 block of River Terrace Drive in Johnsburg […]