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Fatal Car Crash

Friday, March 29, 2013

Updated: Car Crash Kills Illinois State Trooper

Trooper James Sauter was killed March 28 at I-294 and Willow Road

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Friday, March 29

An Illinois State Police trooper from Vernon Hills was the victim of a fatal car crash early Friday morning. James Sauter was on duty in his squad car when his vehicle was struck by a truck tractor semi-trailer at I-294 southbound at Willow Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:12 a.m., the Daily Herald reported. “It is with deep sadness that I announce the tragic death of Trooper James Sauter, and on behalf of the men and women of the Illinois State Police, I offer sincere condolences to Trooper Sauter’s family,” Illinois State Police Director Hiram Grau said in a statement. “Trooper Sauter left a legacy of courage, honor and duty and we will never forget Star #6095. Our hearts are heavy with grief, but they are also strengthened…

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6:51 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013

more info please. article is lacking!   more ›

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Updated: Arlington Heights Woman Killed in Wheeling Crash

A semitrailer truck hit the woman's vehicle on Palatine and Wheeling roads in Wheeling just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday.

An Arlington Heights woman is dead after a Wednesday collision between her passenger vehicle and a Freightliner sem-trailer truck at Palatine and Wheeling roads in Wheeling.  The crash occurred at 11:26 p.m., according to a press release from the Wheeling Police Department, and involved the 2010 semi-trailer and a 2002 Mazda Protoge driven by the 55-year-old woman.  Deputy Chief John Teevans of the Wheeling Police Department said the identity of the victim will be withheld until all family notifications have been made.  Police have determined that the male driver of the truck, a 57-year-old man from Nichols, Wisconsin, was traveling eastbound on Palatine Frontage and then made a left turn onto northbound Wheeling Road at the time of the …

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Jon DeMarc

2:38 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

If we banned semi trailers we wouldn't be able to get goods from point A to point B. Do you want them carried by mule?   more ›

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