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A serious crash shut down Wolf Road near the Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling on Wednesday morning.

CCTV in Turkey captured the moment a car lost control and nearly hit two children on the sidewalk. Local media reports say three people were injured in the crash.

Police are looking for several people who ran away from the scene of a crash after a shootout with another vehicle Thursday on Lake Shore Drive near Oak Street Beach. The occupants of a Chrysler Town and Country minivan were exchanging gunfire with another vehicle, possibly a black SUV, while heading south about 10:50 p.m. in the 1100 block of…

A Lake County sheriff’s deputy and another man were injured when a police car crashed into an SUV Saturday in north suburban Beach Park. Authorities were called about 9:40 p.m. for reports of a person with a knife possibly trying to enter a home in the 13400 block of Victoria Lane in Beach Park, according to the Lake County...

A man driving a rental truck that collided with a school bus in Georgia helped free trapped students before he collapsed and died.

Four people, including two Chicago police officers, were injured in a crash early Saturday morning in Lawndale, according to police. Officers traveling northbound on Pulaski at around 1:38 a.m. when a 2003 Dodge van traveling southbound turned east to go onto 19th Street. The van cut in front of and hit the marked squad car, according to police. Both officers…

A 28-year-old man was killed Saturday in a vehicle crash on Interstate 57 near Morgan Park on the South Side, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. An investigation found that about 8:15 p.m. a black BMW was traveling north on I-57 near 107th Street, when the driver, Jeremy Watkins of Country Club Hills, lost control of the vehicle, ran…

Two brothers, ages 6 and 7, were killed in Missouri on Friday when the car the 7-year-old was driving crashed and caught fire, NBC News reports.

Multiple passengers, including several minors, were transported to local area hospitals on Saturday with serious injuries after a three vehicle crash on Chicago’s West Side. Illinois State Police responded to the crash on I-290 at Paulina Avenue around 3:50 p.m. on Saturday. According to officials, all vehicles were traveling eastbound in the right lane of the expressway. For unknown...

Daniel Silva, a 27-year-old star on the tattoo-competition show “Ink Master,” was arrested Monday for allegedly crashing a sports car, killing YouTube personality Corey La Barrie, and attempting to flee the scene.

A speeding driver died Wednesday evening after jumping a curb and slamming into a light pole in Archer Heights on the Southwest Side. The 39-year-old was westbound in a Pontiac in the 5100 block of South Archer Avenue when he swerved and struck an oncoming BMW turning left onto Kolin Avenue, according to Chicago police. He lost control, went over…

The community of Whitman is waking up to tragic news this morning: a chain reaction crash in Florida has claimed the life of a five-year-old girl from Whitman and two other women from the same family.

A woman was killed and four others were injured after a car hit two other vehicles while fleeing a traffic stop Saturday in Fifth City on Chicago’s West Side, officials said.

A woman was killed and four others were injured after a car hit two other vehicles while fleeing a traffic stop Saturday in Fifth City on Chicago’s West Side, officials said. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

Five people were injured when a car hit two other vehicles while fleeing a traffic stop Saturday in Fifth City on the West Side. Officers tried to pull over a silver Toyota Avalon for an alleged traffic violation at 9:47 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of the 3200 block of West Jackson Boulevard, according to Chicago police. The Avalon drove…

A 22-year-old man died Wednesday after crashing into a police department parking garage in suburban Niles.

Chicago Bears’ linebacker Roquan Smith was involved in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday in north suburban Lake Forest.

A 16-year-old driver was involved in a rollover crash when her puppy jumped on her lap and distracted her in Maine. Fryeburg police said the crash happened Tuesday morning on West Fryeburg Road when the girl’s 8-week-old puppy jumped into her lap.

A memorial to the 20 people killed when a stretch limousine blew through an intersection at the bottom of a long hill and barreled into an earthen embankment a year ago was unveiled Saturday at the crash site in upstate New York.

The site of a devastating accident that killed two pedestrians and 18 occupants of a limousine headed to a birthday party, including four sisters, is a known danger spot that has long worried locals, according to a manager of the store that sits at the intersection where the accident happened.