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Police: 3 dead following crash on I-88 in suburban Chicago

WARRENVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Police say three people are dead following a two-vehicle crash along Interstate 88 in suburban Chicago.

Illinois State Police say the crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. Friday on the westbound side of the roadway in the Warrenville area.

Westbound traffic was closed and diverted off the interstate as crews responded. Details including the cause weren’t immediately released.
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Teen charged in fatal crash that killed two after prom in Cal City

(CALUMET CITY) An 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with a crash that left two people dead—another teen and a 56-year-old Metra employee—in south suburban Calumet City early Saturday.

David Peden, 18, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI causing death, according to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. He was ordered held on a $40,000 bond Tuesday and is next scheduled to appear in court June 8.

The crash happened in 700 block of State Street at 6:40 a.m., Calumet City Police Chief Edward Gilmore said.

Peden was driving home from the prom with two teenage boys, including 18-year-old Aaron K. Dunigan, when his westbound vehicle crossed the center line and struck an eastbound vehicle, driven by Juan Jose Rivera, authorities said.

Dunigan, of the 800 block of 163rd Street in Calumet City, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:26 a.m., the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Rivera was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 7:33 a.m., the medical examiner’s office said. He lived in the 600 block of Ingraham Avenue in Calumet City.

Dunigan was a senior at Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City, Principal Dwayne Evans said in a statement on the school’s website. He had played quarterback for the football team.

“It is with a heavy heart that the TF North community announces the death of one of our senior Meteors, Aaron Dunigan,” Evans said. “Please keep all families involved in your thoughts and prayers.”

Rivera was a longtime Metra employee who was on his way to work at the time of the crash, according to a Metra spokesperson.

“Juan was a very dedicated and valued employee who will be sorely missed by all at Metra who work with him,” CEO Donald Orseno said in a statement. “Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and friends during this difficult time.”

Rivera was a track inspector on the Electric District line, Metra spokeswoman Meg Reile said. He had worked for railroads for the last 37 years.

Car crashes into home in Evanston

(EVANSTON) A car crashed into a house Thursday night in the 2200 block of Emerson Street in Evanston, police said. | Network Video ProductionsA driver suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel Thursday night and his car crashed into a home in north suburban Evanston.

About 9:25 p.m., the 31-year-old man was driving in the 2200 block of Emerson when the medical event happened, according to Evanston police. His car struck an unoccupied parked vehicle and then crashed into the house.

He was taken to NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

No one else was injured in the crash, police said.

Man dead after SUV crashes into Hegewisch home

(CHICAGO) A man was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into a home less than a block of from his own Wednesday afternoon in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.

The SUV, driven by 34-year-old Walid T. Haddad, struck the home in the 12800 block of South Muskegon at 12:22 p.m., according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

 

A man was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into a home in the 12800 block of South Muskegon Wednesday afternoon in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. | Devlin Brown/for Sun-Times Media
A man was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into a home in the 12800 block of South Muskegon Wednesday afternoon in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. | Devlin Brown/for Sun-Times Media

 

Haddad, who lived in the 12900 block of South Muskegon, was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:06 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

No other injuries were reported.

The police Major Accidents Investigation Unit is handling the case.
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