Woman charged with stealing school bus in Homan Square, police say
Responding officers found the bus, conducted a traffic stop, and placed the woman into custody without incident.
Responding officers found the bus, conducted a traffic stop, and placed the woman into custody without incident.
The women were sightseeing while visiting from Northern Ireland when the crash happened, according to the lawsuit. They suffered emotional and psychological injuries, the law firm of Corboy and Demetrio said.
The top of the bus was completely sheared off.
The bus was carrying a high school marching band– and three students, two chaperones, and a teacher were killed. CBS 2's Irika Sargent reports.
Police say the bus, driven by a 28-year-old man, was heading westbound when it was hit by a Chevy Malibu.
The accident happened on Columbus Drive in Grant Park.
The southbound No. J14 Jeffery Jump bus was serving the Columbus/Roosevelt stop when it was struck from behind, police said.
Police said the bus was headed north on Ashland Avenue around 12:30 p.m., when another vehicle swerved into its lane, and the bus crashed into a light pole.
Chicago Fire Department officials said 50 people were on the plane at the time of the collision, but no one on the plane was hurt.
Two women were killed in the crash - a 43-year-old from Massapequa and a 77-year-old from Farmingdale.
The front-end damage to the bus.
There was front-end damage to the bus. The CTA is now investigating what caused the driver to crash.
Chicago Fire Department officials said 11 people were taken to hospitals after the crash at the Pulaski Orange Line station.
It happened Thursday night in the northbound lanes of Interstate 65 near Fair Oaks Farm.
Authorities arrested a semi-truck driver after leaving the scene of a crash involving a school bus in northwest Indiana. It happened Thursday night in the northbound lanes of Interstate 65 near Fair Oaks Farm.
The semi driver suddenly drove away but was later found in the rear of the Love's Truck Stop on S.R. 10 in Jasper County, ISP said.
The violent crash was captured on a nearby security camera.
It appears the school bus runs a stop sign. It's then t-boned by a city bus then flips onto its side.
Chicago Police are trying to find the four men who were in the stolen Dodge Durango that crashed into a Saint Sabina bus that was carrying a children's church choir.
Illinois state police said the bus was traveling westbound on i-70 when it hit three vehicles parked on an exit ramp to the silver lake rest stop.
Dontrell Biggs has been charged with felony counts of reckless homicide and aggravated DUI, and misdemeanor counts of reckless driving, DUI, driving without insurance, and driving the wrong way.
The bus driver and 12 CTA Passengers were taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries but in good condition.
Bryan Rollins, 40, is charged with two misdemeanor counts driving under the influence of alcohol.
Cell phone video shows a bus driver hitting a pedicab outside Wrigley Field on June 11, 2023. The driver later was arrested for DUI. (Video provided to CBS 2)
The crash happened around 5:40 p.m., in the 1000 block of Touhy Avenue.
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The robbers took the victim's property and drove off in his car, police said.
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The offenders fled eastbound from the scene, police said. No other injuries were reported, and no one was in custody.
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