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It’s possible for any driver to be distracted behind the wheel, and distraction causes accidents every day. No age group is exempt from this risk. However, studies have found that teen drivers — those from 15 to 19 years old — are distracted more than any other age group. When asked if they were…

Seven people are in hospitals in the Chicago area after a huge, 35-car pileup. The accident happened on the Kennedy Expressway on Monday, March 13. Police are saying that the wreck, which happened just after 10 at night, was in part due to icy road conditions. That made the chain reaction difficult for drivers…

The unfortunate reality for most adults is that lessons are most often learned from the direct consequences of failing to heed warnings. For example, a person may start to exercise and diet religiously only after suffering a heart attack that their physician warned was a real possibility, or set aside money for home repairs…

The glare from the sun can blind you behind the wheel, leading to an accident. For example, one driver was coming up over a hill, and the sun hit him in the eyes as he topped that hill. On the road in front of him, in a crosswalk, was a woman who was crossing…

A young postal worker was struck and killed at a car wash, while on the job, in what has been described as a freak accident. Since the accident happened at a business, there was video surveillance footage. It shows the driveway up to the car wash. A sidewalk runs right in front of the…

A 57-year-old man is dead and a 19-year-old man is behind bars after a suspected DUI accident. The crash happened at the intersection of Hubbard Street and Ashland Avenue, and, despite the alleged involvement of alcohol, it was just 1:30 in the afternoon. Reports show that the 19-year-old was driving down Hubbard, and witnesses…

Smartphones get a lot of the blame for accident rates. Some have even said around 100,000 accidents are caused by phones on a yearly basis. While some of the reputation is warranted, it is important to note that accident totals have been falling, not rising, for decades. Starting in 1996 — long before the…

Semi accidents are some of the most dangerous on America’s highways, and an accident between two semi trucks in Bolingbrook took one life recently. According to the Illinois State Police, the wreck happened on Interstate 55, in the northbound lanes, right around 3:30 in the morning on Dec. 20. Emergency crews had such a…

You can resolve to never break the speed limit, come to a full stop at every stop sign, and keep both hands at 10 and two and you could still be involved in a car accident in Chicago. In a lot of accidents, one driver did nothing wrong. So, while planning to avoid an…

Late last month, government officials for highway safety asked smart phone makers such as Apple and Samsung to shut down functions like camera apps and manual text entry when they detect the user is in motion. Although the guidelines proposed by the feds are voluntary, they aim to curb the surge in deaths on…