Chicago Car Accident Attorney Blog

A multi car accident on Monday night resulted in injury to five people.

The accident involved three vehicles including two SUVs. The accident happened near Pulaski and Archer on the Chicago's southwest side.

Three of the victims were listed in critical condition and two were listed in fair condition. All were taken to nearby area hospitals.

No details about the accident were available.

Chicago police are back conducting their crosswalk stings, this time at night.

According to authorities, officers conducted their first night time sting in the Lakeview neighborhood at Belmont and Orchard at 8pm. The purpose of the sting is to reduce after dark accidents between pedestrians and drivers.

Officers will use several different strategies to catch drivers who endanger pedestrians including under cover officers posing as pedestrians. If a driver doesn't yield to the pedestrian, the car will be pulled over and ticketed. The fine for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk range from $50 to $500.

Police will continue their crosswalk sting through the fall. To find out where the stinges will be conducted visit www.cityofchicago.org/transportation.

On April 28, 2001, John Scully was training for the Chicago Triathlon along the city's Lakefront Trail.

Scully was on an early morning ride on his road bike. He had just biked over the Chicago River bridge, following another cyclist as he headed south off the bridge. Just then a woman suddenly walked in front of them.

From what Scully was told, the cyclist in front of him swerved and then he swerved. The front tire on his bike struck the back tire of rider in front of him sending Scully flying head first into the ground.

Scully was wearing a helmet. However, after the accident, Scully was in a coma for a week. The accident caused paralysis on his right side and amnesia for which Scully underwent treatment for several months. Doctors say that if he had not been wearing a helmet he would have died.

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Chicago Transit Authority officials are getting tougher on public transportation operators who are using electronic devices while on duty.

CTA President Richard Rodriguez said that as of today, train operators, rail maintenance workers and rail station customer assistants are banned from using any type of electronic device including cell phones, MP3 players, wireless headsets and cell phones. These employees will not be allowed from having them in their possession while they are on duty.

The CTA is banning the use and possession of these devices after recent accidents were caused by operators who were using these devices while working.

The ban on these devices applies to bus drivers as well unless the driver is using it to contact the CTA control center. Because bus drivers are not issued company radios or cell phones, a bus driver can have a phone or other device in their possession, but it must be stored away in a backpack or purse while they are operating the bus.

According to CTA officials, over 200 complaints were lodged against bus drivers during the first half of 2009. These dirvers were using their cell phones while driving.

Under the new rules, any CTA employee using these devices while operating a moving vehicle, can be terminated immediately.