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U.S. Highway 24 between Watseka and Crescent City was closed on Friday, July 15, 2011 until the morning of July 17, 2011 after a train carrying ethanol derailed
and one car leaked a chemical fluid.
The freight train was as 74-car T.P. & W. line between Iroquois county roads 1600 East and 1800 East in which the last car on that line fell on its side. This car contained denatured alcohol which came out of the vessel but was contained quickly. Firemen monitored traffic on country road 1700 for one mile due to the potential of drifting fumes.
Various county and state departments including Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and Iroquois County Sheriff’s Police as well as Watseka City Police assisted in setting up the detour in the area that included Rts. 24, 45/52 and 1/52. Trainmaster Preston Nelson stated the derailment occurred because of a “faulty track.”
Train derailments carry the risk of spillage from the cargo within. If you or a loved one has been injured from a chemical leak due to a train derailment, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to find out your legal options. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com <http://www.spiroslaw.com/> .
A train accident on U.S. Highway 24 caused the roadway to be closed near Crescent City.
According to officials, the accident occurred as the eastbound train slid off the tracks while carrying ethanol. The train came to a stop in a grassy area between the highway and the tracks.
The highway was closed throughout the night and drivers were told to take Illinois Highway 1 as a detour. The incident occurred between Crescent City and Watseka. No further details or injuries were reported as of yet.
If you or a loved one has been injured after being involved in a train accident, you need experienced representation on your side that may be able to get you the compensation for your pain that you deserve. Contact the Kankakee personal injury lawyers of Spiros Law, P.C., today by calling 815-929-9292 today.
In the early hours of June 20, 2011, a house caught fire in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. The fire left the family homeless and killed a two-month-old baby girl.
The fire started on a mattress and became so hot that family members could not get Tiniya Coleman who was in a first floor bedroom of the house on the 800 block of North Laramie. A firefighter grabbed the girl and she was transported to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.
The house had a fire detector but the battery in the device was dead. The fire remains under investigation by the Chicago Fire Department.
The residents of the home, nine adults and four children, are left without a home. The girl’s family are being put up temporarily by the American Red Cross.
Fires can become very hot, very fast and lead to loss of life. If you or a loved one has lost someone to a house fire, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to find out your legal options. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.
A 33-year-old Momence man was killed in a motorcycle accident on North Schuyler Ave. in Kankakee.
Details of what caused the accident are still not available at this time, but it is known that the man was pronounced dead a the scene.
The man’s autopsy the following day revealed that the man suffered from multiple injuries as a result of the accident. The funeral for the amn was held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Grant Park.
Motorcycles can be an exciting and fun adventure, but if involved in an accident while riding one, serious injury can occur. Our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.
Several people were injured when boats collided on Lake Mattoon on Saturday, October 9, 2010. One man lost his life as a result of the accident.
According to the Mattoon Journal-Gazette, Gary Enyart of Mattoon died Saturday at a local hospital after two boats crashed into each other just before 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. At least seven other people were on the boats when the accident occurred.
Lake Mattoon is 60 miles south of Champaign, Illinois. The accident was being investigated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police.
If you or a loved one has had injuries due to a boating accident, call Spiros Law to find out your legal options at 815-929-9292. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com
Officials have said that after four days, oil has stopped leaking from the failed pipeline that caused 6,100 barrels of crude oil to be spilled onto the street of the industrial park.
A spokesperson from Enbridge Energy Partners announced that crews have been working to remove the broke pipeline, but that they have drained the remaining oil that was in the pipe. Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency have been investigating the incident to see if an environmental impact will have been made.
Officials have announced that the oil has been collected in a retention pond and have not reached the river.
The entire cleanup and excavation process will take at least a month, but will likely take longer. Businesses that are affected by the oil will be compensated.
If you or a loved one has been injured and need representation, contact the Kankakee personal injury lawyers of Spiros Law by calling 815-929-9292 today.
Just because there are no cars around in the immediate area, does not mean you will not be affected when a car accident occurs. Tammy Walsh, a cheerleading coach at St. Joseph-Ogden High School, died Saturday when a utility pole at a football field fell on her.
The accident occurred in Jamaica and was a chain reaction from a driver hitting a guy-wire attached to another pole in a parking lot. The guy-wire is tension cable used as a brace to hold up a pole. Once that guy-wire was hit, the utility pole fell after a chain reaction. Walsh’s teenage son and father-in-law were also injured in the accident but are in fair condition and treated for less serious injuries, respectively.
If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident call Spiros Law to discuss your legal options at 815-929-9292.
Fire officials and other investigators have determined that a propane tank leak was the cause of a home explosion in Momence.
A leak in the propane tank was discovered when officials found a nick in the lining of the tank. The gas then traveled to the water heater’s lighter and caused it to ignite. No serious injuries have been reported.
The fire chief in Momence announced that the septic tank at the house was being excavated along with other renovation projects.
If you or a loved one has been injured, you need experienced representation on your side. Contact the Kankakee personal injury lawyers of Spiros Law by calling 815-929-9292 today to discuss your legal options.
Union Pacific tracks just north of Wilmington were closed for most of the day on Wednesday, July 28 when a southbound train derailed early Wednesday morning.
The derailment was reported soon after midnight and was located just west of the Prairie Creek Grain Company at 29400 N. Illinois, Route 53. Eight cars were loaded with rock and gravel spilled on a section of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.
Statistics from a 2004 U.S. Department of Transportation study shows that train accidents (derailments, collisions, etc) in the state of Illinois occur at a rate of 8.92 per 100,000 people. If you or a loved one has been in an accident involving a train, contact Spiros Law, P.C. at 815-929-9292 to discuss your legal options.
