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Crime & Safety

Blotter: Crash, Dash and More

The following items are from Patch's reporting on the La Grange and La Grange Park police blotters.

Hit-and-Run Crashes Reported

A blue BMW parked on the 400 block of south Park Road was struck by another vehicle that fled, La Grange police learned May 27.

A La Grange woman reported May 25 that her vehicle was hit on May 25 while it was parked in the village parking garage, 80 S. Sixth Ave.  

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Passenger Suffers Chest Pains After Accident

A 73-year-old Mundelein woman who was experiencing chest pain was taken by ambulance to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital after the car she was riding in was struck by another vehicle at La Grange Road and Ogden Avenue at about 5:53 p.m. on May 25.

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She was in a car driven by an Elmhurst man that was stopped northbound in the left-turn lane when it was struck from behind. A Chicago man told police he swerved to avoid another vehicle that came into his lane, then hit the car stopped in the turn lane.

No tickets were issued.   

Cars Collide in Lot

A La Grange woman told police May 22 that she had lost control of her vehicle and struck another, unknown vehicle in a parking lot at 15 N. La Grange Rd., No tickets were issued, according to the police report.

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