Monday, April 29, 2013
The accident took place near the intersection of Ogden Avenue and Route 83; a fire department spokesman said the pedestrian suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Updated at 12:02 p.m. A 21-year-old man who was hit by a car while crossing Ogden Avenue near Route 83 Monday morning was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening, Westmont Fire Department administrative director Craig Skala said. "He was talking with our paramedics," Skala said. The man, who according to Skala suffered injuries to his head and left-side, was hit while crossing Ogden north to south at approximately 9:30 a.m. Monday morning. Original story: There was a car-on-pedestrian accident Monday morning on Ogden Avenue near the Route 83 intersection, according to Sgt. Stephen Thompson of the Westmont Police Department. The accident took place at approximately 9:30 a.m…
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Here's a round-up of recent, bizarre police report items from the area.
BURR RIDGE Someone at 9:50 p.m. March 29 reported a suspicious person walking a leash without a dog on the 100 block of Tower Drive. Upon arrival, police saw a male place a dog into his vehicle. There was no criminal activity, police said. CLARENDON HILLS A woman at 3:48 p.m. April 24 found two kids' target arrows in her back yard on the 300 block of Ridge Avenue. Police found that some children next door play "Harry Potter with bows/arrows," according to a police report. An officer spoke with parents at the children's address and advised them of the proper ordinances and supervising their children's safety. This is an ongoing issue between neighbors, the report said. ST. CHARLES A St. Charles man awakened by an early morning explosion …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The March 7 train-on-pedestrian incident that killed Hickory Hills resident Eric Bennett near the Cass Avenue station has been ruled to be accidental in nature after the DuPage County Coroner's Office investigation.
The man who died after being struck by a Metra train near the Cass Avenue crossing in Westmont on March 7 did not commit suicide, DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen said Wednesday. Jorgensen's office ruled in its report completed on April 20 that 31-year-old Eric Bennett, of Hickory Hills, did not intend to be hit by the eastbound commuter train that was carrying only an engineer and crew. But he did, according to witnesses the coroner spoke to, disobey down warning gates and had his head down before he was struck near the Westmont train station at around 5:46 p.m. that Thursday evening. READ: Male Pedestrian Dies After Being Struck by BNSF Metra Train in Westmont Jorgensen said the manner of death was "accidental," and the cause of …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Here's a round-up of recent, bizarre police report items from the area.
ST. CHARLES Jason A. Gatewood, 38, of the 300 block of Michigan Avenue, Aurora, was cited at 5:47 p.m. April 14 at 48 N. 12th St., with disorderly conduct. Police received a report from that address that Gatewood was intoxicated and destroying property at a neighboring home. He was issued a notice to appear in court on June 20. DOWNERS GROVE A school resource officer and the Dean of Students at Downers Grove South High School spoke to a student at about 7:40 a.m. about an iPhone theft from the day before. "(The student) advised that he placed the phone on the shelf of the locker to change, and then turned away from his locker for only a minute and when he looked back, he noticed that his phone was missing," the officer said in his report. …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Here's a round-up of recent, bizarre police report items from the area.
ST. CHARLES Joseph M. Montes, 22, of the 1400 block of Exeter Lane, South Elgin, was cited at 1:06 a.m. April 7 on the 1000 block of North 2nd Street (Route 31) with disorderly conduct-public drunkenness. The officer found Montes, with his T-shirt off and tucked in his pants, staggering in the middle of the roadway at Ferson Creek Park. The officer noted there is no illumination of Route 31 at that point and that Montes had placed himself in potentially significant danger. HINSDALE Police were dispatched at 7:22 p.m. April 7 to investigate a domestic situation in which a teen was being verbally abusive on the 900 block of South Monroe Street. While investigating the complaint, the teen struck a police officer with her fist. She also …
Monday, April 8, 2013
The lone occupant of the house at the time of the fire was not injured, Tri-State Fire Protection District Chief Michelle Gibson said, but a dog inside died.
A house fire in an unincorporated portion of DuPage County near Burr Ridge claimed the life of a family dog, but no residents were injured Monday afternoon, Tri-State Fire Protection District Chief Michelle Gibson said. Tri-State was called to the full still fire near the intersection of Highland Road and Central Avenue, just west of Route 83, at 12:05 p.m., Gibson said. One occupant was inside the house when the fire started. "Apparently a neighbor helped him out a front window," Gibson said, pointing to one of the first-floor bedroom windows. The occupant did not require medical attention, Gibson said. The chief said there was heavy smoke and heavy winds made it a difficult fire to fight. The fire, which Gibson said began in the kitchen…
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Here's a round-up of recent, bizarre police report items from the area.
NAPERVILLE A resident saw a teenage male on April 3 exit his vehicle and then hide a cannabis pipe behind a tree, police said. The teen was driving a silver four-door vehicle at the Ashbury Aquatic Center Parking lot in the 3400 block of Lawrence Drive. The pipe was collected and submitted to police evidence. A resident on March 31 reported that his house has been repeatedly toilet papered, egged and his windows sprayed with soapy water in the 2300 block of Wild Timothy Road, police said. ST. CHARLES Cody T. Dieter, 22, of the 2000 block of Normandy Lane, Geneva, was charged at 1:53 p.m. March 30 in the 500 block of Walnut Avenue with leaving the scene of a vehicle-damage accident, and improper lane use. Called for a report of a suspicious…
Monday, March 25, 2013
It is the third time in the last five weeks that such an incident has taken place in the 100 block of South Washington Street in downtown Hinsdale.
Not again. An SUV jumped the curb Monday and crashed into the former Zak's Place space at 112 S. Washington, the third such car-on-building crash in the 100 block of South Washington that has taken place in the last five weeks. The crash took place at 11:37 a.m. Monday, after the 61-year-old Clarendon Hills woman driving the 2007 Mercedes ML500 hit the accelarator instead of the brake while pulling into a parking stall in front of the property, Deputy Chief Mark Wodka said. "The driver was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision," Wodka said. "She was unharmed." The pictures above were taken just before noon. On Feb. 21 and Feb. 23, vehicles were driven into Steinway Piano Gallery at 120 S. Washington. READ: Piano Gallery …
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Police are still investigating the death of a 21-year-old Downers Grove man who was struck and killed by a BNSF train Tuesday morning.
The man killed by an eastbound Metra commuter train near downtown Downers Grove on Tuesday likely intended to be struck, police said. DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen confirmed that a 21-year-old Downers Grove resident died around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday after he disobeyed Forest Avenue crossing gates that were down and was struck by a train that was preparing to stop at the Downers Grove-Main Street station. On Friday, Downers Grove Police Lt. Michael Willison said the investigation is still ongoing, but that preliminary information suggests the man "may have intentionally placed himself in the path of the oncoming train." Jorgensen said initial findings show the man died of multiple head and chest traumas, but whether he intended to be …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The DuPage County Coroner's Office is waiting on the victim's toxicology results before announcing a cause in the first of three recent fatal incidents along the BNSF tracks.
Those who want to know what officially led to the deaths of three men stuck by Metra trains in separate incidents this month will have to be patient. DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen said Wednesday afternoon his office is still investigating the causes of the incidents that took place in Westmont on March 7, in Hinsdale on March 18, and in Downers Grove on March 19, and have yet to determine whether any of the victims intended to be hit or were hit by accident. The cause of the first incident, in which a 31-year-old Hickory Hills man was struck by a Metra train near the Cass Avenue crossing in Westmont, won't be released until Jorgensen's office receives the victim's toxicology results. That, the coroner said, will likely take two …
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