Police Fire Shots After Chase, Crash On West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was in police custody Wednesday morning, after a chase that ended with a crash and shots fired by officers in the North Austin neighborhood. The chase started around midnight,...
View ArticleTwo Police Officers Injured In Roseland Head-On Collision
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two Chicago Police officers were injured early Saturday in a head-on collision with a car in the South Side Roseland neighborhood. The officers were responding to call of a robbery in...
View ArticleJoliet Man Hit By Squad Car Dies From Injuries
NEW LENOX, Ill. (STMW) – A 30-year-old man died Saturday from injuries he suffered being hit by a Will County Sheriff’s squad car Wednesday night in southwest suburban New Lenox. Andrew L. May of...
View ArticleState Trooper Injured In Rollover Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – An Illinois State Trooper was hurt early Monday when he was involved in single-vehicle rollover crash on the South Side. The trooper was on the off ramp from the Dan Ryan Expressway...
View ArticleMan Charged In Englewood Squad Car Crash That Hurt Cop
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was charged Friday after a vehicle hit a squad car in the South Side Englewood neighborhood Wednesday night, leaving a Chicago Police officer and two other people injured. Shawn...
View ArticleOne Dead, 4 Injured In Police Squad Car Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — One person is dead, following a late night crash involving a Chicago Police squad car in the city’s Austin neighborhood. A total of 5 people were involved in this crash, near Laramie...
View ArticleMan Charged With DUI, Reckless Homicide In Crash With Squad Car
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Joliet man was charged with vehicular homicide after he drunkenly collided with a Chicago police cruiser Friday night — killing a passenger in his car while wounding himself, another...
View ArticleTwo Officers Hurt In Calumet Heights Rollover Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two Chicago Police officers were hurt in a rollover crash Sunday night in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood. The officers were responding to a call and heading north in the...
View ArticleFour Officers Hurt In South Chicago Squad Car Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) — Four Chicago police officers were injured in a crash Monday night in the South Chicago neighborhood. About 10:45 p.m., a vehicle was attempting to elude police during a traffic pursuit...
View ArticleChicago Police Officer Hurt In Downtown Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) — A Chicago Police officer was injured in a two-vehicle crash downtown on Lake Shore Drive Thursday night. A vehicle collided with the officer’s squad car at 10:25 p.m. on Lake Shore...
View ArticleOak Brook Police Officer Hurt In Crash On Way To Emergency
CHICAGO (STMW) — A west suburban police officer was injured in a crash on the way to an emergency call on Tuesday night. The Oak Brook officer was southbound on Meyers Road in a squad car on the way to...
View ArticleFour Chicago Police Officers Injured After Squad Cars Collide
An unmarked squad car responding to a call at 10:27 p.m. was turning left from eastbound West Washington Boulevard to northbound North Kenton Avenue, when the vehicle was sideswiped by another unmarked...
View ArticleWoman Charged With DUI After Crash With Lake County Squad Car
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman has been charged with DUI after she allegedly crashed a car into a Lake County sheriff’s squad car that was blocking off the scene of a crash early Friday in north suburban...
View Article2 Injured In Crash With Chicago Police Squad Car On NW Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two people were injured in a crash with a Chicago Police squad car early Thursday on the Northwest Side. About 2:40 a.m., a vehicle was speeding west in the 6900 block of West Bryn Mawr...
View ArticleChicago Police Officer Among 4 Injured In Logan Square Rollover Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago Police officer was among four people injured late Sunday in a rollover crash that may have been alcohol-related in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side. About...
View Article3 Chicago Police Officers Injured In Brighton Park Crash
Three Chicago Police officers were injured in a crash Thursday night in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. About 6 p.m., officers were responding to a call of a person shot when...
View ArticleStolen Vehicle Hits Squad Car While Fleeing Bronzeville Traffic Stop
CHICAGO (CBS) — A stolen vehicle struck a Chicago Police squad car Monday evening after fleeing a traffic stop in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side. Police tried to conduct a traffic stop...
View Article6 Arrested When Stolen Vehicle Chase Leads To Crash With CPD Squad Car
CHICAGO (CBS) — Six people were taken into custody Sunday night when a police pursuit of a stolen vehicle ended in a crash with a squad car in the South Side Calumet Heights neighborhood. A police...
View ArticleDriver Charged After Crash That Injured CPD Officer In South Shore
CHICAGO (CBS) — Charges have been filed against an 18-year-old man who allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle into a squad car while fleeing a traffic stop Saturday in the South Shore neighborhood. An...
View Article3 Police Officers Hurt When Squad Cars Collide In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three Chicago police officers were injured Monday morning, when their squad cars crashed head-on in the Bronzeville neighborhood. Two police SUVs collided head-on at the intersection of...
View Article2 Officers Injured In Crash Involving Squad Car On Far South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago Police officers were injured Wednesday evening in an accident involving a squad car on the city’s Far South Side. The crash happened at 115th Street and Michigan Avenue, on...
View ArticleSquad Car Slams Into Tree In Garfield Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago police sport-utility vehicle slammed into a tree after chasing a four-wheeler through Garfield Park Wednesday night. Officers were responding to a call of shots fired just...
View ArticlePolice: Driver Ran Red Light, Hit Squad Car On West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — A driver ran a red light and crashed right into a Chicago Police squad car on the city’s West Side Thursday, police said. The incident happened at 10:15 a.m. on Kedzie Avenue at Madison...
View ArticleLake County, Ind. Sheriff’s Officer, 3 Others Injured In Crash Involving...
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (CBS) — A Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s officer and two members of a film crew riding with him were injured in a crash Wednesday, along with a second driver. The accident happened...
View ArticleWoodridge Kohl’s Shoplifting Suspects Hit Squad Car As They Tried To Escape,...
WOODRIDGE, Ill. (CBS) — Police in Woodridge caught two shoplifting suspects, but were still searching for three more Tuesday afternoon, after the suspects allegedly hit a police car as they fled the...
View ArticleTwo Chicago Police Officers Injured In West Side Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago police officers and a civilian were injured in a crash Tuesday morning on the city’s West Side. At 8:23 a.m., police were headed north on Kedzie Avenue in the East Garfield...
View Article2 Officers, 2 Children Hospitalized After Buick Hits Squad Car In Lawndale
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 29-year-old woman was in police custody Saturday morning after a crash involving a Chicago Police sport-utility vehicle in Lawndale. Police said around 10 p.m. Friday, the marked...
View Article2 Police Officers Injured In Auburn Gresham Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago Police officers were wounded Thursday in a crash in the Auburn Gresham community. The crash happened on Vincennes Avenue just south of 84th Street around 6 p.m., police...
View ArticlePolice Officer, K9 Injured In Hobart, Indiana Crash
HOBART, Ind. (CBS) — A police officer and dog in Hobart, Indiana was injured in a car crash this weekend. The officer and the K9 were responding around 4:30 p.m. Saturday to a call of a shoplifter who...
View Article2 Chicago Police Officers, 3 Others Injured In Grand Crossing Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago Police officers were injured Thursday night when their unmarked squad car was struck in Grand Crossing. At 8:41 p.m., a vehicle speeding down the road in reverse hit the...
View Article2 Officers, Another Driver Injured When Chevrolet Hits Squad Car In East Chatham
CHICAGO (CBS) — A squad car was involved in an accident Monday evening in the East Chatham community. At 6:42 p.m., a marked Chicago Police vehicle was headed west on 82nd Street at Maryland Avenue...
View ArticleSquad Car Involved In Crash On Far South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago Police squad car was involved in a crash on the city’s Far South Side. The CPD vehicle was seriously damaged after slamming into a tree in the parking lot of a Jewel-Osco...
View ArticleMan Says He Was Injured And His Car Was Damaged In Crash, But Lawyer Won’t...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man says he was hurt in a crash and his car was badly damaged. He insists it wasn’t his fault. But as CBS 2’s Tim McNicholas reported Friday morning, his lawyer won’t even pursue it,...
View Article2 Officers Injured When Another Vehicle Hits Squad Car At 73rd And Cottage Grove
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago Police officers were hospitalized for minor injuries Thursday afternoon after their squad car was hit by another vehicle on the city’s South Side. Around 4:30 p.m., the...
View Article3 Chicago Police Officers Hurt In Squad Car Crash In Lawndale
CHICAGO (CBS) — Three Chicago police officers were taken to the hospital after crashing their unmarked SUV in Lawndale on Saturday evening. Police said, around 5:50 p.m., the officers were driving...
View ArticleDriver Charged With DUI After Crashing Into 2 CPD Squad Cars On Dan Ryan...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago man is charged with driving under the influence, and violating Scott’s Law, after crashing into two Chicago Police squad cars that had stopped to respond to an unrelated...
View ArticleChicago Police Officer Injured In Bronzeville Crash After Woman Runs Red Light
CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago police officer was injured Wednesday morning, when a woman ran a red light and crashed into the officer’s squad car in Bronzeville. Police said a 33-year-old woman was headed...
View ArticleTwo Chicago Police Officers, Civilian Injured In Jackson Park Rollover Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two Chicago police officers and a civilian were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon, following a crash on Cornell Drive in Jackson Park on the South Side. Police Department and Fire...
View ArticleIllinois State Police Sergeant Injured When Suspected Drunken Driver Hits...
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (CBS) — An Illinois State Police sergeant was injured early Saturday when a cruiser was hit by a suspected drunken driver on Interstate 57 in the south suburbs. At 12:05 a.m.,...
View Article3 Officers Injured When Car Slams Into Chicago Police SUV In South Austin
CHICAGO (CBS) — A car plowed into a Chicago Police vehicle Monday night in the South Austin neighborhood, leaving three officers and a fourth person injured. Police said at 9:06 p.m., three officers...
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