The coroner has released the identities of a Grayslake man and an Antioch man that were both killed after one of them caused a wrong-way crash on Route 41 near Gurnee Monday. Autopsies showed that Ricky Smallwood, 54, of Antioch, and Ronnie Goggans Jr., 32, of Grayslake, died as a result of blunt force injuries […]
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2 dead after wrong-way driver causes high-speed, fiery crash on Route 41 near Gurnee
Authorities say a wrong-way driver caused a crash on Route 41 near Gurnee that left both drivers dead and caused one of the cars to catch on fire early Monday morning. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 4:05 a.m. Monday to Route 41 a half-mile north of Stearns School Road […]
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Man charged with drunk driving, causing wrong-way crash on Route 41 in Highland Park that left 2 seriously injured
A Chicago man has been charged with driving drunk and traveling the wrong way on Route 41 in Highland Park, causing a three-vehicle crash that left multiple people injured. Nicholas M. Petersen, 34, of the 5100 block of North LaCrosse Avenue in Chicago, was charged with two counts of aggravated driving under the influence causing […]
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4 hospitalized after wrong-way driver causes crash on Route 41 in Highland Park
DUI is suspected after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on Route 41 in Highland Park Sunday evening. Four people were transported to the hospital. The Highland Park Police Department and Highland Park Fire Department responded around 10:15 p.m. Sunday to Route 41 between Old Elm Road and Route 22 in Highland Park for […]
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Funeral services held for family of six who died in head-on crash on Interstate 90 in McHenry County
Funeral services were held Monday for a mother, father and four children who died on their way to a vacation after their van was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 90 in McHenry County. Thomas Dobosz, 32, and Lauren Dobosz, 31, along with their children Emma, Lucas, Nicholas and Ella — whose ages ranged […]
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Visitation held for family of 6 who were among 8 dead in Interstate 90 crash in McHenry County
A visitation was held Saturday for a mother and father and their four children who died after their van was struck by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 90 in McHenry County last month. The incident happened around 2:11 a.m. on July 31 on Interstate 90 near mile marker 33.5, which is west of Route 23, […]
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Father dies of injuries following head-on crash that also killed his entire family on I-90 in McHenry County
A father has died days after his family’s van was hit by a wrong-way driver, killing his wife and four children, as they were leaving for vacation on Interstate 90 in McHenry County. The incident happened around 2:11 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 90 near mile marker 33.5, which is west of Route 23, between Marengo […]
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‘Will be missed dearly’: Entire family, except husband, killed in McHenry County I-90 crash
A fundraiser has been started to help a father pay for funeral expenses after his entire family, including his wife and four children, were killed in a head-on crash on Interstate 90 in McHenry County. The incident happened around 2:11 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 90 near mile marker 33.5, which is west of Route 23, […]
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Police identify 3 of 8 people involved in head-on crash that killed 7 on Interstate 90 near Marengo
State police have identified three adults involved in a fiery wrong-way driving crash that left seven dead, including five children, on Interstate 90 near Marengo Sunday. Illinois State Police District 15 troopers responded around 2:11 a.m. Sunday to Interstate 90 near mile marker 33.5, which is west of Route 23 between Marengo and Hampshire. The […]