One person had to be extricated and flown to a trauma center following a crash involving a tanker truck and a Jeep in Hebron Township Monday morning. The Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was called around 8:30 a.m. Monday to a crash involving a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a semi truck […]
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Semi-truck, Jeep roll over in fiery crash near Marengo
The driver of a Jeep, whose vehicle collided with a semi-truck in Marengo, causing both vehicles to rollover, miraculously survived the Monday morning crash. The Marengo Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office was called around 8 a.m. to Coral Road and Maple Street for a report of a crash involving a semi-truck and […]
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Two killed after car strikes semi truck head-on near Harvard
A 48-year-old Harvard man and an 18-year-old man are dead after their Toyota Prius crashed head-on with a semi-truck near Harvard early Friday morning. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Harvard Fire Protection District were called at 2:29 a.m. Friday to a crash involving a 2003 Toyota Prius and a 2016 Freightliner Cascadia semi-truck near […]
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Multiple semi trucks involved in fiery crash on Interstate 94 near Gurnee
Four lanes of the Tri-State Tollway were shut down following a crash and semi truck fire involving multiple semi trucks Tuesday morning in Gurnee. The Illinois State Police said that a semi fire was reported on Interstate 94 in the southbound lanes near Milwaukee Avenue in Gurnee at around 10 a.m. The Illinois State Police […]
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Semi truck drives off tollway into wooded area in Gurnee
A truck driver is in good condition after he drove his semi truck off the tollway and into a wooded area in Gurnee, Illinois State Police said. The Illinois State Police, Gurnee Fire Department, and Libertyville Fire Department responded to a report of a semi truck crash on Interstate 94 north of Route 120 in […]
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Semi truck driver killed in head-on crash, rollover involving SUV in Newport Township
A semi truck driver is dead after his truck rolled over after being struck head-on by a car in Newport Township early Thursday morning, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. At around 5:10 a.m. on Thursday, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies and firefighters/paramedics responded to the area of Russell Road and Park Lane in Newport Township, […]
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2 killed, 1 injured after SUV slams into semi truck in North Chicago
Two people were killed after an SUV struck a semi truck that was stopped at traffic light in North Chicago on Friday, according to police. Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 2:00 p.m. Friday to a report of a vehicle crash at the intersection of Waukegan Road and Buckley Road in North […]
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Roads reopened in downtown Barrington after train-truck crash
A freight train struck a tractor-trailer truck Tuesday morning in northwest suburban Barrington, shutting down train and vehicle traffic in downtown Barrington. The crash occurred at around 8:40 a.m. after the semi-truck’s back end was partially on the railroad tracks on Route 59 near James Street as the truck was heading southbound. A freight train […]
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Dashcam captures moment semi-truck slams into 6 cars on I-94 in Gurnee
Editor’s Note: The below video could be considered shocking or disturbing to the viewer. Viewer discretion is advised. A rear-view dashcam caught the moment when a semi-truck slammed into six cars that were stopped in traffic on the Tri-State Tollway in Gurnee on Monday. The semi-truck plowed into cars that were backed up in traffic on […]