Posted in Accidents, Algonquin Rd, Cook, County, Horizon Farm, IDOT, Intergovernmental agreements (IGA), Land Use, Longmeadow Parkway, Plan Commission, Public Safety, Real Estate, Roads & Bridges Committee, Taxes, Topics Of Interest, Traffic on October 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
IDOT has posted its September 2023 newsletter. Topics covered include:
A copy of the newsletter can be viewed and downloaded here.
Posted in Accidents, Algonquin Rd, BCFPD, IDOT, Traffic, VBHPD on October 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Sylvia Margaret Anderson
The medical examiner has identified a Fox River Grove woman who died after she struck a semi-truck and then crashed head-on into a pickup truck in Barrington Hills Wednesday afternoon.
An autopsy performed on Sylvia M. Anderson, 74, of Fox River Grove, showed she died as a result of multiple injuries from a motor vehicle collision, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Posted in Accidents, Algonquin Rd, IDOT, Longmeadow Parkway, VBHPD on September 28, 2023| 3 Comments »
The Barrington Hills Police Department and Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT) investigates a fatal crash involving three vehicles at Algonquin Road and Bateman Road in Barrington Hills Wednesday afternoon. | Photo: Nick Rusin
A 74-year-old woman died after she struck a semi-truck and then crashed head-on into a pickup truck, causing a large fuel leak, in Barrington Hills Wednesday afternoon.
The Barrington Hills Police Department and Barrington-Countryside Fire Protection responded around 12:11 p.m. Wednesday to Algonquin Road and Bateman Road in Barrington Hills for a multiple-vehicle crash.
Barrington Hills Police Department Press Information Officer William Walsh said a preliminary investigation shows a 2016 Lexus, driven by a 74-year-old woman, was traveling southbound on Bateman Road.
The Lexus entered the intersection and struck the side of a semi-truck tractor-trailer, which was traveling eastbound on Algonquin Road, Walsh said.
The impact with the semi-truck caused the Lexus to go into the westbound lane of Algonquin Road.
The Barrington Hills Police Department and Lake County Major Crash Assistance Team (MCAT) investigates a fatal crash involving three vehicles at Algonquin Road and Bateman Road in Barrington Hills Wednesday afternoon. | Photo: Nick Rusin
The Lexus collided head-on with a 2016 Ford F-350 pickup truck, driven by a 49-year-old Crystal Lake man, Walsh said.
The impact with the semi-truck caused the Lexus to go into the westbound lane of Algonquin Road.
The Lexus collided head-on with a 2016 Ford F-350 pickup truck, driven by a 49-year-old Crystal Lake man, Walsh said.
Read more here.
Editorial note: Since IDOT has refused to install a traffic signals at the intersection of Route 62 and Bateman Road, we believe the speed limit in the areas of Bateman and Helm Roads should at least be significantly lowered.
Posted in Accidents, Topics Of Interest on August 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The director of an Illinois consumer advocacy group is drawing attention to a new report that shows drivers with poorer credit scores pay higher premiums for car insurance.
Consumer Federation of America released the findings detailing the impact of auto insurers’ use of consumer credit information on good drivers with only fair or poor credit scores.
“On average in Illinois, they found that drivers with poor credit pay $491 more than the same driver with the same clean driving record with excellent credit, so it’s a 116% increase, more than double,” said Abe Scarr, Illinois director of the consumer advocacy organization Public Interest Research Group.
The overwhelming majority of auto insurers practice this discrimination. Only California, Hawaii and Massachusetts prohibit the use of credit information in auto insurance pricing.
Scarr said there needs to be more regulation of car insurance companies.
“There’s only one other state that has as little regulation of car insurance rates as Illinois, it’s just us and Wyoming,” Scarr said.
More here.
Posted in Accidents, Crime, VBHPD on July 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
A single-vehicle crash occurred just south of North River Road and Haegers Bend Road in Barrington Hills late Friday evening following a police chase. | Photo: Nick Rusin
A police pursuit of a suspect who hit a police officer with a car ended with the suspect crashing and being taken into custody in Barrington Hills Saturday morning.
The incident began in Carpentersville late Friday evening just before midnight.
A Carpentersville police officer was reportedly struck and injured by a vehicle, driven by a 21-year-old female suspect.
A police pursuit was initiated involving the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and Carpentersville Police Department.
The Barrington Hills Police Department also assisted when the pursuit entered into their town. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office also responded.
Police radio traffic reported the chase came to an end near North River Road and Haegers Bend Road in Barrington Hills around 11:55 p.m.
The suspect vehicle lost control at a curve in the roadway and the car drove off the road, according to a resident who lives in the area.
The vehicle struck trees and a large rock landscape feature, the resident told Lake and McHenry County Scanner.
Officers arrested the female suspect a short time later and transported her to the Kane County Jail.
More here.
Posted in Accidents, FUBAR on April 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
BARRINGTON HILLS, Ill. (WLS) — A cement truck overturned in north suburban Barrington Hills, hitting another vehicle. The truck was carryng a full load of cement, according to Inverness police.
The truck struck another vehicle after falling while making a right turn onto Bradwell Road.
The truck driver was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver who was in the other vehicle was not hurt, according to officials.
More here.
Posted in Accidents, BCFPD on March 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
A rollover crash on the corner of Hough Street and Sturtz Road in Barrington left two people dead Thursday afternoon. | Photo: Nick Rusin
An 85-year-old man and a 78-year-old woman are both dead after a crash that left one of them ejected from their rolled-over car in Barrington Thursday afternoon.
The Barrington Police Department, Barrington Fire Department and Barrington-Countryside Fire Protection District responded around 10:40 a.m. Thursday to 633 South Hough Street in Barrington.
The single-vehicle crash involved a Toyota sedan, which rolled over off the roadway and onto a sidewalk.
The incident occurred on the corner of Hough Street and Sturtz Road.
One of the victims was ejected from the Toyota, according to a witness at the scene. The second victim was trapped inside the car.
Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said one of the victims was a 78-year-old woman and the other was an 85-year-old man.
The medical examiner’s office identified the woman as Mary A. Gulbranson, of Barrington. The male victim was identified as Richard A. Wetterholm, of Wheeling.
More here.
Posted in Accidents on March 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Two people were killed Thursday morning in a rollover crash on the 600 block of South Hough Street, just south of downtown Barrington. (Steve Zalusky | Staff Photographer)
Two people are dead following a rollover crash Thursday morning in Barrington, authorities said.
The single-vehicle crash occurred on the 600 block of South Hough Street, just south of the village’s downtown. Images from the scene show the badly damaged vehicle on its side near the intersection of Hough and Sturtz streets, with debris spread around it.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed the deaths, but is withholding identification of the victims pending family notification.
More here.
Posted in Accidents on March 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Barrington police and firefighters investigate a rollover crash Thursday morning on the 600 block of South Hough Street, just south of the village’s downtown. (Steve Zalusky | Staff Photographer)
Barrington police and firefighters are on the scene of rollover vehicle crash this morning that reportedly has resulted in serious injuries.
The crash occurred on the 600 block of South Hough Street, just south of downtown Barrington.
Hough Street (Route 59) was closed to traffic between Sturtz Street and Monument Avenue as first responders worked the scene.
More here.
Posted in Accidents, Crime, Police Reports, VBHPD on February 5, 2023| 2 Comments »
Brayer Arias-Colazo, 30, of Carpentersville.
A man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty in a high-speed drunk driving crash that killed a 5-month-old baby and left other children injured in Barrington Hills.
Brayer Arias-Colazo, 30, of Carpentersville, was charged with eight counts of aggravated driving under the influence, reckless homicide and speeding 35 mph or more over the limit.
Court records show Arias-Colazo entered into a negotiated plea deal in November.
He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated driving under the influence causing death, a Class 2 felony.
The crash occurred around 7 p.m. on November 3, 2016, at the intersection of Route 25 and Silverstone Drive on the border of Algonquin and Barrington Hills.
The Barrington Hills Police Department said Arias-Colazo was traveling southbound on Route 25 in a 2001 Ford pickup truck.
More here.
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