Tag: Illinois

VIDEO: Trucker vs. trucker brake check causes chaos on Chicago interstate

In dash cam video captured earlier this week in Chicago, one trucker brake checks another, bringing them both to a dead stop on I-294 and reportedly causing a multi-vehicle crash.

Trucker and co-driver killed after driving off I-64 bridge into river

Two Mississippi men were killed over the weekend when their semi truck left the roadway and crashed into an Illinois river, becoming submerged. 

Illinois State Police: 24 hour truck enforcement spree starts at midnight

The Illinois State Police announced this afternoon that they'll be conducting their yearly 24 hour commercial vehicle enforcement blitz starting at midnight tonight. 

100-lb hub flies off semi killing pregnant woman and baby instantly

A pregnant mother of three was killed Tuesday after a 100-pound wheel hub came loose from a semitrailer on Interstate 80 near Joliet, Illinois and...

Two hurt in explosion at UPS Freight

Two workers were injured this morning by an explosion that occurred inside a trailer at a UPS Freight facility in Rock Island, Illinois. Early Morning...

Illinois Walmart racks up $18K in fines for allowing trucks to park overnight in lot

Springfield, Illinois, has been issuing a Walmart store thousands of dollars worth of fines for allowing semi trucks to park overnight in its lot. Springfield...

Truck fire and multiple big rig crash shuts down southbound I-94

Multiple lanes of southbound I-94 in Gurnee, Illinois, are closed after a truck fire and a crash involving several commercial vehicles. The crash was reported...

Trucker sentenced to fourteen years for fatal crash that happened while he was high on crack

Today a judge handed down the maximum sentence to a truck driver who ran a red light while high on crack, killing a woman. St....

Will County farmers hold anti-truck protest parade

Farmers in an Illinois county with a long history of hostility towards trucking took to the streets in their tractors yesterday to protest a...

Pedestrian dies after being hit by truck near fuel pumps at Illinois truck stop

The Illinois State Police say that a man was killed last night when he was hit and dragged by a semi truck while walking...

Hundreds of Illinois residents protest plan to bring more trucks through town

Last night, nearly a thousand residents of Will County, Illinois, came out a protest a proposed truck transfer facility, claiming that the increased truck...

Semi dumps Coffee-mate on Dan Ryan in crash that hurt four

A mother and her three children were hurt overnight in a truck vs. car crash that caused a messy cargo spill on the Dan...

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