Springfield, IL Accidents

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has identified the woman who died in a car crash in Springfield on Friday. Allmon said the woman is Elyse Davis, 30, of Springfield. Davis was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened near West Monroe Street and South Glenwood Avenue around 4:30 […]

A Springfield woman killed in a single-vehicle accident in the 800 block of West Monroe Street early Friday morning has been identified. Elyse Nichole Davis, 30, died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the crash, according to Sangamon County coroner Jim Allmon. Davis was pronounced dead at the scene...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 14-year-old girl is dead, and three adults were rushed to the hospital, after a sport-utility vehicle hit a bus stop in Auburn Gresham Friday evening.As CBS 2's Marybel González reported, police said a 33-year-old man was driving a gold Mercedes-Benz west on 79th Street when he ran a red light at Racine Avenue.The Mercedes hit a black Jeep that was headed south on Racine Avenue, and the Jeep in turn jumped the curb and hit a woman and a 14-year-old girl standing at a Chicago Transit Authority bus stop."Coming so fast, that's how he was able...

TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (WAND) - Firefighters responded to an early Saturday morning house fire. According to the Taylorville Fire Department, at 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning the department responded to a possible house fire. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy fire coming from the attic on the rear of the house. Crews...

A 30 year old Springfield woman was killed this morning in an automobile accident. It happened around 4:30 in the 800 block of West Monroe. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending next of kin notification. An autopsy is scheduled...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A 30-year-old woman died in Springfield after a car crash Friday morning. According to Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon, the woman died near West Monroe Street and South Glenwood Avenue at around 4:30 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.  The coroner and Springfield […]

A teenage girl was killed and three others were injured Friday evening when two vehicles collided in the city's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, causing one of them to slam into a bus stop, authorities said. At approximately 6:34 p.m., a 33-year-old man driving a gold Mercedes was heading westbound on 79th...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — A Springfield woman is dead after a crash early Friday morning. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says the 30-year-old woman died at 4:25 a.m. The single-vehicle crash happened around 2:37 a.m. in the 800 block of West Monroe. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday. The...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – One woman is dead after a single car accident, early Friday morning in Springfield. According to police at approximately 2:37 a.m., officers responded to a report of a single car accident in the 800 block of West Monroe Street. Upon arrival a deceased female was...

A Springfield woman died early Friday morning after the car she was driving crashed on Monroe Street west of downtown. Springfield Police said that at 2:37 a.m., they were called to the 800 block of West Monroe for a single-vehicle accident. Upon arrival, they found a 30-year-old woman dead in the car. Sangamon County...

LINCOLN, Ill. (WCIA) — Firefighters from Lincoln and other Logan County towns were called to Logan Correctional Center Tuesday morning after a fire started on the roof of a guard tower. The fire started around 9:50 a.m. and was determined to have been caused by a lightning strike. Responding firefighters used a water cannon on […]

BERLIN (AP) — A large fire triggered by explosions at an ammunition dump raged Thursday in a major Berlin urban forest on one of the German capital's hottest days so far this year. A huge cloud of grey smoke hung over the city’s western districts and residents were asked...

A 40-year-old Springfield man died Saturday when a motorcycle he was riding crashed in Calhoun County on the state's western border. Illinois State Police said Daniel Reckmo, 40, of Springfield, died at 4:10 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Reckmo was driving his motorcycle south on Illinois 100 north of North Michael Road when he hit the brakes for an unknown reason, sending the bike out of control.