Spiros Law, P.C. Archives

A single-vehicle accident in rural Douglas County, Illinois, has left two teenagers injured. The accident, which occurred late in the afternoon on Tuesday, March 26th, involved a sixteen-year-old boy and a sixteen-year-old girl whose vehicle crashed into a tree at 675 N. County Road 1760 E. Both teens were transported to Carle Foundation Hospital in… Read More

A four-vehicle collision that occurred along 11th and Jefferson Streets led to the arrest of  a Springfield woman last Thursday afternoon. Springfield police reports indicate that 36-year-old Lakisha Green, who was one of the four drivers involved in the incident, was charged for driving with a suspended license and cited for not reducing speed. She was arrested by… Read More

A vehicle crashed through the front doors of a Yorkville Shell station at the corner of routes 47 and 34 around lunchtime on Monday, Feb. 18. Yorkville Deputy Chief of Police Larry Hilt said the driver was an elderly man who claimed the accelerator of the car got stuck. The 76-year-old driver of the vehicle… Read More

Richard H. Reinke, 58, has been issued multiple citations by the Frankfort Police Department on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and failing to reduce his speed to avoid an accident. Reinke caused a 3-car accident on January 12, 2013. His blood alcohol content (BAC) was measured at 0.08% at the time police arrived. Reports say… Read More

Wednesday afternoon, a Good Samaritan was killed while attempting to help a man that was fatally struck in a pedestrian accident on Interstate 57. According to officials with Illinois State Police,  a 58-year-old Tennessee man was traveling northbound on I-57 near mile marker 277 when the tire came off of his car. The man then… Read More

On Wednesday, an accident involving a minivan and a combine claimed the lives of three people and seriously injured three others. According to the Tippecanoe County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred when the driver of a large farm combine ran the stop sign at County Road 800 South and State Road 25. A Dodge Caravan traveling… Read More

Two Champaign residents were injured in a head-on collision that occurred Wednesday and caused a major roadway to be closed for nearly four hours. The 27-year-old Champaign man is still currently recovering in Carle Foundation Hospital and officials believe that he will be charged with driving under the influence after his release. The accident occurred… Read More

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

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

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