Two people were injured, one a 9-month old boy, in a auto accident after a man’s car swerved into a tree.

One accident occurred as a 29-year-old Bourbonnais man was traveling southbound on Kennedy Drive  just before 3 p.m. when he swerved off of the road for unknown reasons and struck a tree.

The driver was stuck in the vehicle and emergency crews had to remove the door in order to get to him. The man’s son was also taken to the hospital to be treated after the accident, but his condition is not known at this time.

Our thoughts are with the injured victims during their recovery.

Early Sunday morning, a single automobile crash took the life of a Manteno man.

Walter Waszak Jr., 36, was traveling north on Skyline Road in rural Kankakee County on March 27, 2011. Near 2624  North Road, Waszak’s c ar crossed the centerline

and struck a mailbox. The auto then hit a culvert before rolling over. Waszak was taken to Provena St. Mary’s Hospital and pronounced dead at 2:57 a.m.

According to Coroner Robert Gessner, an autopsy has been scheduled and the accident is being reconstructed to determine the cause of the accident.

Automobile accidents can happen for a number of reasons. If you or someone you know has lost a loved one to an automobile accident, contact Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to find out your legal options. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

Starbuck’s on Route 50 in Bradley was closed when a pick-up truck crashed into the south entrance on January 13, 2011. Four people were injured from this accident.
 
Jason Helmig was at the McDonald’s drive-thru with a five-year-old passenger when he began to suffer from an unidentified medical problem.

Helmig’s truck accelerated, going north. His truck hit three parked cars before hitting the Starbuck’s building, pushing the outer wall approximately four feet inside the café.
 
Bradley Police Chief Steve Coy stated to the Daily Journal that all four people appeared to have minor injuries from the crash. The café was closed as of January 14th due to the structural damage.
 
Injuries from an auto accident can take time to heal. If you or a loved one has been hurt in a car accident, call Spiros Law to find out your legal options at 815-929-9292. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

Kankakee was the scene of an explosion at the Kankakee River Metropolitan Agency wastewater treatment. Just before 9 A.M. on December 27, 2010, the digester building was demolished with an explosion occurred. The reason for the explosion is still under investigation. 
 
KRMA Executive Director Richard Simms stated that the contents of the digester tanks went in the hole caused by the implosion of the building. The waterline that was underneath the building did make contact with raw sewage. However, according to Kankakee officials raw sewage did not make it into the river. Further news reports state that tests being done at the Wilmington, 18 miles northwest of Kankakee, have not shown any significant changes in water quality.

Wilmington water superintendent, Jacque Plese, has stated their tests show no changes in water quality.
 
Biologists have been on the lookout for a fish kill, resulting from less oxygen being in the water, and have seen none. Spokespeople for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency have not been able to confirm that no harm was done to the river and will be conducting their own tests.
 
Sledders at the popular sledding site, Poop Hill, near the waste treatment plant have noted an increase of noxious fumes.
 
Personal injury can happen at work, while at play or any point in between. If you or a loved one has been injured through no fault of your own, call Spiros Law to find out your legal options at 815-929-9292. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

It was a near miss for a Kankakee house when a car jumped a curb on Greenwood Avenue, injuring two people in the process.

The car was hit by a truck that lead the car to going over the curb and coming within inches of the house.
 
According to the Daily Journal, Theresa Jones stated her two children normally play in front of the house but they were in the back yard at the time of the crash. The Kankakee Fire Department was called and spent fourteen minutes removing two people from the car just outside of the front porch of the house. These two people were taken to Provena St. Mary’s Hospital. Privacy laws prevented the release of the victims’ names.
 
If you or someone you know has been injured in a car accident, call Spiros Law to find out your legal options at 815-929-9292. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com

Interstate 57 was the site a multiple semi-trailer accident on Thursday, August 19, 2010. The Will County Coroner was called to the scene near the 325-mile marker in Will County.

Just before 5:00 pm the first semi-trailer hit the second semi-trailer in the north-bound lanes. Emergency dispatchers reported that a few minutes later a third semi-trailer became involved with the first accident.

Northbound traffic was re-routed off at the Manteno exit. The back-up was so great it went several miles back as far as Bourbonnais in the northbound lane.  

This was the second fatal accident to occur on I-57 in Will County on that day. An earlier accident occurred in the morning, leaving one of the drivers of a semi-trailer truck dead.

Accidents can happen in a split second and the results can leave a loss in the family fabric. If your family or circle of friends have experienced the death of a loved one in an accident, call Spiros Law to discuss your legal options at 815-929-9292.

Alcohol and watercraft operation is not a good mix as boaters have found out throughout time. Paul Hale III was driving a speedboat on May 29 w hen

he hit another speedboat near the Schuyler Avenue Bridge. He was found to have a blood-alcohol rate nearly three times the legal limit at the time of the accident.

On July 30, 2010, Hale pleaded not guilty to the charges from that accident. Those charges consist of reckless operation of a watercraft, illegal operation of a watercraft while under the influence of alcohol and operating a watercraft with an blood-alcohol content over .08.

The accident occurred on May 29 around midnight. Hale was found to have a blood-alcohol level that was three times the legal limit when he hit the other watercraft from behind. According to an earlier report from the Daily Journal, six people were injured in that accident.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a boating accident, contact Spiros and Wall at (815) 929-9292 to discuss your legal options.

Authorities say that a 2-month old boy was killed on Saturday afternoon when the SUV he was riding in drove off of the roadway and onto the median

and overturned. According to sources familiar with the case, the child may not have been properly placed in a safety restraint or the device may not have been properly installed in the vehicle, and he was ejected from the vehicle during the crash. A 51-year old woman and a 17-year old passenger were also injured in the crash and were transported to Iroquois Memorial Hospital for treatment of their injuries.

For assistance with car accident claim, contact the Kankakee personal injury lawyers of Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to discuss your options.