Couple injured in three-car collision on Cline Avenue

HIGHLAND | A motorist exiting the Borman Expressway on the southbound Cline Avenue ramp careened across all lanes of traffic causing a three-car collision, Lake County Sheriff's spokesman Patti Van Til said Friday.

Crashes on icy I-65 send four to area hospitals

MERRILLVILLE | Icy conditions Saturday on Interstate 65 in Merrillville resulted in six vehicles colliding, sending four to area hospitals.

Students, 2 drivers injured in Union Township bus crash

UNION TOWNSHIP | Four people, including two students, were sent to local hospitals Thursday after a school bus and an SUV collided, officials said.

Suspect apprehended after taking off in Lynwood squad

LYNWOOD | A man is in custody after allegedly taking off in a Lynwood squad car and leading police on a brief chase through the village before wrecking the vehicle, police said.

Man pleads guilty to fleeing crash resulting in death

VALPARAISO | A Portage man pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaving the scene of an April 2 accident that resulted in the death of a man driving a mo-ped.

Man dies after his rig strikes disabled semi in Newton Co.

LAKE VILLAGE | A South Bend man was killed after his vehicle slammed into the back of a disabled semitrailer Tuesday, authorities said.

Semi hauling scaffolding rolls over on I-80/94 near Ripley, snarls traffic

Scaffolding is strewn across the westbound lanes of Interstate 80/94 near Ripley Street on Tuesday after a semitrailer rolled over.

Woman crashes car into Griffith restaurant

GRIFFITH | A 23-year-old Griffith woman crashed her car into Niko's Steak and Seafood early Sunday after apparently suffering a medical condition, police said.

Toll Road lane reopens near Ind. 149 after semi accident

PORTAGE | The right lane of the eastbound Indiana Toll Road at mile marker 25 near Ind. 149 remains reopened just before 8 a.m., some nine hours after a semi drove into a ditch, losing its load of steel coils.

State trooper hit by van while helping stranded driver near Michigan City

An Indiana State Police trooper was hit by a car Wednesday on Interstate 94 near Michigan City after getting out of his squad to help a motorist stopped on the side of the expressway.

Cedar Lake man, 35, dies of injuries suffered in C.P. crash

A 35-year-old Cedar Lake man died early Friday as a result of injuries suffered in a March 6 accident in Crown Point, officials said.

Chicago Heights man dies from injuries in pedestrian-car accident

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | A local man died Friday afternoon of injuries he suffered in a traffic accident earlier in the week.

No one injured when car crashes into Lansing IHOP

LANSING | No one was injured when a driver accidentally crashed into the International House of Pancakes restaurant at 16851 Torrence Ave., police said.

Car wreck damages Hammond home

HAMMOND | A car accident left one man hospitalized Saturday afternoon after what witnesses describe as a drag race gone wrong.

Lincoln-Way East mourns death of freshman cross-country runner

FRANKFORT, Ill. | A 14-year-old freshman cross-country runner from Lincoln-Way East High School died Thursday after being hit by a car while running in the area of 104th Avenue and Cal-Sag Road in unincorporated Palos Township, the Cook County Sheriff's office and the school announced.

Motorcycle racing leads to crash, brain injuries and charges

A 27-year-old Gary man allegedly racing his motorcycle on the Borman Expressway Wednesday night suffered brain injuries after losing control and being thrown from the back of the bike, police said.

Valparaiso man dies in Will County accident

A 27-year-old Valparaiso man died Thursday afternoon at the scene of an accident in Will County.

Kokomo traveler's flat tire ordeal more than deflating

JASPER COUNTY | Traveling on Interstate 65 Friday morning, Kwan C. Shim, of Kokomo, was changing the flat tire on his Lexus when the spare also went flat, Indiana State Police said.