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A one-car accident in Champaign County took the life of a Rankin man. The 20-year-old man was driving on U.S. 136 when his truck veered off of the road. His truck went through a lane of oncoming traffic, landed in a ditch and struck a culvert before coming to a stop. The man had to… Read More

A nursing home in Illinois is being investigated by officials after claims of negligent care when a resident was injured while a nurse was moving her. As a rule at the nursing home, which is made clear by signs posted throughout the facility, two nurses must be available to move a resident. Therefore, no one… Read More

Two people were killed in a freight train accident in Galesburg, Il, according to the county coroner. The coroner made a statement that the two victims were struck by a train on the BSNF Railway tracks around 8 a.m. The identities and ages of the male victims have not been released. Autopsy results will help… Read More

Three people were transported to the hospital after a three-car accident on Interstate 72 in Champaign. A 37-year-old woman was driving east down the interstate when she approached stopped traffic in the road. The cars were stopped due to maintenance in the road, but as the cars approached the woman was looking at her rear… Read More

A truck driver was injured in a semi-truck accident after the truck flipped over on I-94. The rollover crash occurred in Edens around 3:30 a.m. after the truck that was carrying cases of beer flipped over for unknown reasons. The driver suffered non-life threatening injuries, but 1200 cases of beer were spilled across the Expressway… Read More

A hospital in Glenbrook, Illinois and five of its doctors are being sued in a medical malpractice case by a victim’s family after the death of their family member. A 56-year-old man went to the hospital after developing an infection in his hip, but after he underwent surgery for the infection, he suffered from kidney… Read More

A truck accident on Interstate 57 in Illinois killed three people and injured 13 more. The accident occurred after a truck driver was looking at a map while driving and struck a vehicle in front of him that was stopped in the road. The SUV was stopped because of a construction zone in the road.… Read More

According to a report from the U.S Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Safety Database, farm vehicles are mostly involved in rear-end collisions because it can be hard to determine the speed of a slow moving vehicle. Also, it can be difficult to slow down in time when your car is traveling at a speed of… Read More

Three people were killed in a chain reaction car accident on Interstate 57 near Mattoon on late Tuesday afternoon. Accident reconstructionists are currently working to figure out the details of the accident that left three people dead and 13 others injured. The accident began when a truck driver looked down at a map and rear-ended… Read More

A nursing home in Champaign County is being investigated after a patient fall that later resulted in her death. The findings of the investigation have resulted in $50,000 in fines against the nursing home and loss of Medicaid and Medicare funding. The nursing home is contesting the current findings. According to officials at the nursing… Read More