A five year old girl died in a car accident on Friday when she was riding in the car with her brother and mother at U.S. Highway 41 and Indiana 114. The girl’s mother was driving the car when it collided with a Mack dump truck. The girl was airlifted to the University of Chicago Hospital to try and
The cold weather in Chicago has brought high wind gusts which caused injuries to a pedestrian in downtown Chicago on Wednesday. The injured man was walking near Dearborn Street and Hubbard Street when winds caused a two-by-four to tumble from a construction site and strike the man. The man was repor
Another lawsuit was filed recently against Guidant Corporation, the maker of an implantable defibrillator that has been the subject of a recall. A Bismark, North Dakota woman filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Guidant alleging that her husband died because of a defect in his defibrillator. The m
Southwest Airlines settled a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed after Joshua Woods was killed on December 8, 2005. Joshua was riding with his family in the car when a Southwest plane skidded across the runaway at Midway airport and through a fence into traffic. The plane crashed into the Woods’ c
A Bridgeview man was killed on Saturday after his motorcycle crashed into a truck. Joseph Suski was 49 years old when he died. He was wearing a helmet but still suffered fatal injuries. The driver of the truck was not injured.The reports at this time do not indicate if the accident that caused Suski
The initial recall on March 17, 2007, included only wet dog and cat pet food manufactured by Menu Foods. However, on March 30, 2007, the FDA extended that recall to include dry cat pet food. The two most recent products being recalled are 4 pound and 40 pound bags of Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry
Sunday evening a car was traveling on Homan Avenue on the West Side of Chicago when it was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Initial reports indicate that the car was hit head on by another car that had crossed into oncoming traffic. The car that left its lane was apparently traveling between 80
A Florida woman who gave birth to her son last May was shocked to find out that she had contracted a flesh eating bacteria infection. She was forced to have her arms and legs amputated to save her life. Claudia Mejias, only 23 years old is looking for answers, but the hospital is keeping quiet.Mejia
The FDA first reported a recall of various types of Menu Foods pet food on March 17, 2007. Since then an investigation into the cause of the contaminated pet food has been ongoing. The latest report is that the 60 million containers of dog and cat food were recalled due to a chemical that is used in
Virginia Cole died September 10, 2006, while she was a resident at the Woodstock Residence nursing home in Woodstock, Illinois. The family of Virginia Cole believes that she died under suspicious circumstances and is having Cole’s death investigated. Part of that investigation called for the body be
Hal Pulfer was killed in a boating accident in Hawaii on Sunday. Pulfer was a business owner and lived with his family and three children in Highland Park. His business Security Locknut was based out of Mundelein, Illinois and manufactured nuts, bolts and washers. Pulfer was also the president of th
A car crash in Gary, Indiana on Sunday had taken the life of one child and has now taken the life of a second child. Odis Taylor, who was only six years old, died at the scene of the accident. Joseph Tyler, age 12, died Monday morning at the University of Chicago Hospital. Reports have stated that t