Spiros Law, P.C. Blog

Early this morning around 2 a.m. a truck carrying six people rolled over near Ogden.  A 21-year-old driver was operating the pickup truck in a field, driving in circles to amuse his passengers. On one of the turns, he was unable to maintain control of his vehicle, and it rolled over. The truck returned to… Read More

One boy was injured after falling into a ravine in accident that occurred at Perry Farm during the Pause for Patriotism event over the weekend. According to fire officials, researchers followed the trail in order to find where the 12-year-old boy fell. Less then 20 minutes after falling, emergency crews got the boy out of… Read More

A man from Chicago was killed after he was struck and killed by car while he was standing outside of his car on Interstate 57. According to Illinois State Police, the pedestrian accident occurred as the 48-year-old man was standing next to his vehicle on the side of the road when he was struck by… Read More

A 39-year-old woman was injured as a result of car and truck crash that occurred on U.S. 45 just outside of Pesotum on Tuesday. According to state police, the incident occurred just before 11 a.m. when a woman was traveling northbound on the highway and she rear-ended a tractor that was traveling in the same… Read More

Three college women were injured after a hit-and-run accident occurred Tuesday morning near the college campus. According to the police lieutenant, the car accident occurred just after 10:30 a.m. near the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Ohio Street as the women were walking across the street. The car that hit the women then fled the… Read More

A three-vehicle accident on Interstate 74 caused two Villa Grove residents to be sent to the hospital. According to state police officials, the accident occurred near Oakwood on Monday afternoon when the 21-year-old driver of a Ford Mustang hydroplaned because of wet road conditions. The car then spun across the lanes of traffic before it… Read More

Two students at Southern Illinois University were killed in a fire that broke out at their off-campus apartment building. The two friends, age 21 and 19, were in their apartment unit when the blaze broke out in the early hours of Sunday. Firefighters responded to the scene, but found the two women in the second… Read More

A car accident in Rantoul on Saturday afternoon caused five people to be transported to the hospital. According to police officials,  the accident occurred when two cars collided in Urbana while traveling on U.S. 45. An 18-year-old was traveling westbound on Champaign County Road 3200 when he did not yield at an intersection and struck… Read More

A Tennessee man has been charged after an Illinois drunk driving accident that killed one person and injured nine others. According to Illinois State Police, the accident occurred  when a 43-year-old man’s truck struck a van while traveling on U.S. 51. The collision caused the man’s truck to spin out of control across the lanes… Read More

Five people were taken to the Carle Foundation hospital after a truck accident occurred Friday afternoon. According to officials, the accident occurred in the rural areas of Murdock when a 38-year-old truck driver lost control of the vehicle while traveling west bound. The truck then jack-knifed across the road and spun out of control. Police… Read More