Snow leads to massive pileup in Wisconsin, dozens injured
Dozens of people were injured in a massive traffic pileup amid snowy conditions in southern Wisconsin on Friday, which blocked Interstate 39/90 for hours, authorities said. Beloit Memorial Hospital said at least 27 people were treated for injuries sustained in the crash, WIFR-TV reported. State Patrol officials said snow, ice and whiteout conditions were factors in the crash.
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Bitcoin’s been in the limelight for months but a frenzied crash and subsequent mini snap-back in its price in the course of a single day in May was remarkable even by its own volatile standards. The swings set Wall Street on edge, caused outages on major crypto exchanges and spurred angst among retail traders. Prices were buttressed by proclamations of support from digital-asset megafans like Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc., and Cathie Wood of Ark Investment Management. Through it a
washingtonpost.com2 killed in head-on collision on Eisenhower Expressway in Forest Park caused by wrong-way driver
Preliminary information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office said the driver of each vehicle was a woman, but their names and ages had not been released Monday. State police at first said the driver of the Honda may have been a man but later confirmed she was a woman. The driver of the Infiniti was a 21-year-old woman from Melrose Park, and her passenger was a 26-year-old man from Berwyn, according to state police, who corrected earlier information the passenger was a woman.
chicagotribune.comAt least 6 killed in 100-vehicle pileup on icy Texas highway
At least 6 killed in 100-vehicle pileup on icy Texas highway An ice storm is blamed for a deadly pileup near Fort Worth, Texas. At least six people died in the crash, which involved more than 100 vehicles. Omar Villafranca has more.
cbsnews.com3 dead, 4 injured after horse and buggy crash with dump truck in Pennsylvania
A crash between a horse and buggy and a dump truck killed three people and injured four others Monday morning, Pennsylvania state police said. William Seiders of CBS affiliate WHP-TV posted photos of the scene shortly after the crash. On scene of a fatal accident involving a horse and buggy and a dump truck. In August, a crash involving a pickup truck and a horse and buggy claimed the life of an Amish teenager and seriously injured three other people. In June, a 10-month-old girl died after a horse-drawn Amish buggy she was riding in was struck by a car.
cbsnews.comChicago man, 27, killed in car crash on I-57 in Posen as he attempted to change lanes
The crash happened about 3:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-57 near 147th Street and involved a car and a semitractor-trailer, according to a news release from state police. The driver was the only occupant in each vehicle, officials said.
chicagotribune.comProspect Heights, Chicago men ID’d as those killed in crash that sent vehicles onto Wheeling airport grounds
The crash happened about 7:35 a.m. Wednesday when a box truck headed east on Messner Drive failed to stop at a stop sign at Wolf Road, according to Deputy Chief Joseph Licari of the Wheeling Police Department. It collided with an SUV, and the force of the collision sent both vehicles careening into a fence at the Chicago Executive Airport, 1020 Plant Road, coming to rest on a grassy area at the west end of the airport.
chicagotribune.comPolice: 2 dead following vehicle crash at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling
Jamie Abbott, executive director of the airport, said he was notified just before 8 a.m. and said the collision happened on an outer road on the west side of the airport but the force of the crash sent at least one vehicle “through the airport perimeter fencing and onto airport property.”
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