A box truck hit the historic Long Grove Covered Bridge on Thursday, police said. It is approximately the 20th time a vehicle has struck the bridge in a year. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 4:30 p.m. Thursday to the area of Robert Park Coffin Road and Schaeffer Road in Long Grove for a […]
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U-Haul truck heavily damaged after hitting Long Grove Covered Bridge; 14th time bridge has been struck
A U-Haul truck hit the historic Long Grove Covered Bridge on Friday and became stuck, police said. It is at least the 14th time a vehicle has struck the bridge in less than a year. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 4:25 p.m. Friday to the area of Robert Park Coffin Road and Schaeffer […]
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For the 13th time since August, a vehicle struck the historic Long Grove Covered Bridge
For the 13th time since August, a vehicle has hit the historic Long Grove Covered Bridge. This time, it was a box truck and a bystander caught the crash on video. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Monday on Robert Parker Coffin Road near Schaeffer Road in Long Grove, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s […]
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Drivers of school bus and box truck issued numerous citations after damaging Long Grove Covered Bridge
The drivers of a school bus and a box truck, who both hit and damaged the Long Grove Covered Bridge following its grand reopening, have been issued numerous citations, police said. The bus driver, identified as Wendy Guzman, 42, of Chicago, was cited for disobeying a traffic control device (posted – no trucks/buses on bridge), […]
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For the second time in less than a week, a vehicle has hit the historic Long Grove Covered Bridge
A box truck hit and damaged the Long Grove Covered Bridge on Wednesday, making it the second time a vehicle has struck the bridge since its grand reopening on Friday. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday for a call of a hit-and-run crash at the covered bridge near Robert Parker Coffin […]
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School bus damages historic Long Grove bridge day after two-year repair was completed
Less than 24 hours after the historic Long Grove Covered Bridge was reopened, it was damaged again by an oversized vehicle — this time a bus. The incident happened around 12:25 p.m. Saturday at Robert Parker Coffin Road and Schaeffer Road in Long Grove. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said that they responded and deputies […]