Popular on Patch: UPDATED; SUV Tears Up La Grange Village Hall Lawn While Board Meets
The car stopped just barely short of smashing into the building itself in a five-car crash that occurred on Monday evening.
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Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
UPDATED: SUV Tears Up La Grange Village Hall Lawn While Board Meets
The car stopped just barely short of smashing into the building itself in a five-car crash that occurred on Monday evening.
UPDATED, THURSDAY, 10:10 P.M.: According to a La Grange Police Department crash report, the driver of the van that narrowly missed hitting La Grange Village Hall was a 77-year-old La Grange man. The resident was driving south on La Grange Road when he suddenly veered into northbound traffic (he claimed that a parked car suddenly pulled out in front of him.) He sideswiped two northbound cars and two parked cars on the east side of La Grange before careening across Harris Avenue and onto the Village Hall lawn and coming to rest in the bushes in front of the Hall. The man told police that he had attempted to stop the car in vain. Police tested his brakes and said they appeared to be working properly. The man was cited for improper lane usage…
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
UPDATED: Minivan Crashes Through La Grange Train Station Wall
One person was transported to La Grange Adventist with minor injuries; the van has now been successfully removed from the wall of the station.
UPDATED, 8:28 p.m.: Crews have successfully removed the silver Chrysler Town and Country minivan from the wall of the La Grange (Road) train station at 25 W. Burlington Avenue where it was embedded after a crash at about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday. A spokesman for Metra, Tom Miller, confirmed that an 82-year-old Michigan woman had accidentally backed the vehicle into the station when she hit the gas by mistake. The woman was uninjured; one person inside the station was transported to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. “We’re still assessing any damage to the station itself,” Miller said. He added that train service will not be affected, but could not say when the station will reopen or how repairs will proceed. Crews …
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Janet Barrett
1:52 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
What I cringe about is when someone uses the diagonal spaces to drop someone off in the early morning commuter rush, decides that is just the place to do a three-point turn with their minivan, to go back west on Burlington, rather than go to the stoplight, make a right-hand turn on La Grange Rd., and simply go around the block - 5 min.? more ›
Popular on Patch: Car Crash, Explosion Kills La Grange Man in Michigan
The Chicago Tribune reports that "alcohol was a factor" in the crash, which also killed a second man, and that X-rays were necessary to identify the bodies.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Car Crash, Explosion Kills La Grange Man in Michigan
The Chicago Tribune reports that "alcohol was a factor" in the crash, which also killed a second man, and that X-rays were necessary to identify the bodies.
A La Grange man was killed in a car crash in Michigan's New Buffalo Townshop on Sunday at 12:37 a.m. after, police believe, his car ran a stop sign, hit a tree and exploded, the Chicago Tribune reports. According to the paper, police found the 2012 Volkswagen Passat of Aleksandra A. Strikas, 22, engulfed in flames and required X-rays to identify Strikas' body, as well as that of Matthew R. Ross, 25, of Harbert, Michigan. The paper also reported that the Berrien County Sheriff said an autopsy revealed that "alcohol was a factor in the crash." Read the full story at the Chicago Tribune website.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Car Knocks Down Pole on La Grange Park Border [PHOTOS]
A car crashed into a pole at the La Grange Park/Brookfield border on Wednesday afternoon, causing area power outages. Check out these photos!
A car crashed into and knocked over a pole at the corner of 31st Street and Maple Avenue on Wednesday afternoon, causing some power outages to the area around the border of Brookfield and La Grange Park, Westchester Suburban Life is reporting. Brookfield Fire Department officials told the paper that there did not appear to be any injuries from the crash. Nearby residents Christine Foushi wrote to Patch that incident was a hit-and-run, that the knocked-down pole crashed on top of a pickup truck and a van (visible in the above photos) and that the vehicle "[dragged an] electrical power box about 100 feet." Her husband Mike Foushi supplied the above photos of the crash. Check them out!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
La Grange Resident Killed in Arlington Heights Crash
A 60-year-old La Grange man lost his life in a multi-vehicle crash on the I-90 on Tuesday morning.
A fatal accident on Interstate 90 Tuesday morning near Arlington Heights Road left one man dead, and at least three other people injured. The accident, which happened at 9:13 a.m. in the eastbound lanes, involved four cars and one box truck. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the fatality was Michael Raymond, 60, of La Grange. Raymond was pronounced dead at Alexian Brothers Medical Center at 9:43 a.m., the paper reported. Emergency personnel from the Arlington Heights, Elk Grove, Elk Grove Township and Rolling Meadows fire departments were on the scene and transported the injured to Northwest Community Hospital and Alexian Brothers Medical Center. Some lanes on I-90 were closed for several hours, and reopened at close to 2 p.m. An …
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Ice Man
11:56 am on Friday, February 1, 2013
What is with all of the Crazy Driving in La Grange recently? Theyhave signs on La Grange Rd to watch out for pedestrains I guess now it should include buildings. Buildings are not safe anymore. more ›