A pedestrian in the Lincoln Park neighborhood was hit by a cab and sent tot the hospital.

The 21-year-old woman was at the intersection of Ashland and Fullerton when the accident occurred between two taxi cars. One of the taxis ran a red light and hit a second taxi. That sent the second car towards the sidewalk in which the second car hit the woman before crashing into a liquor store.

The young woman was sent to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where she is in stable but serious condition. The driver of the second cab and a passenger in the first cab suffered minor injuries. The driver of the first cab, Kakajan Islamov, was treated and released. The 27-year-old Chicago resident was later cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

As a pedestrian, you hope to never have a car come on the sidewalk where you are walking. If you or a loved one knows someone who has been injured in an accident as a pedestrian, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for a legal consultation. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A photographer died after he was hit by a motorist after taking pictures of a car belonging to Justin Bieber.

On New Year’s Day, Christopher J. Guerra, 29, was taking pictures of a Ferrari registered to Beiber involved in a traffic stop. The vehicle was on the side ofL.A.’s Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center Drive exit of the 405 freeway. Beiber was not in the car at the time of the traffic stop.

Guerra was heading back to his vehicle after being told repeatedly by Police to leave the area. Around 5:50 p.m., the photographer was hit by a 2007 Toyota Highlander that was heading south.

Guerra was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 6:20 p.m. The 69-year-old driver of the Highlander is cooperating with police.

A workplace accident that takes the life of a person, whether they are a full time employee or a contract worker, is distressing to the family members left behind. If you or a loved one has lost someone in a workplace accident, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A lawsuit has been filed by the family of a Park Ridge man who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in November 2012.

Ronald Bougan, 53, was walking on the south side of Touhy Avenue near the entrance of Axehead Lake Forest Preserve on November 5^th.  The lawsuit charges that Kristian Hernandez, 36, was failing to keep a proper lookout, changing lanes and speeding when he hit the Park Ridge man. Nor did Hernandez assist the man after hitting Bougan  with his black Dodge Challenger. Bougan was discovered by a bicyclist.

Cook County officers canvassed area body shops and discovered Hernandez brought in a  a car suspected to involved in the accident. Police arrested Hernandez who was working as an EMT for a private ambulance company in Skokie at the time.

The lawsuit, filed on December 11, 2012, seeks an award in excess of $50,000.

A family can have a hole torn into it when a driver does not take proper care along the roadway. If you or a loved one knows someone who has lost a family member to a hit-and-run driver, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for professional legal advice. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A St. Louis man has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in the death of a four-year-old boy in Pagedale, Missouri.

Trayeshon Williams, 4, was walking with his 10-year-old brother to a convenience store on Friday, October 5th. As they were crossing the street, Ricky Weeden, 54, hit the boys with his pick-up truck and then left the scene of the accident.

Trayeshon died and his brother remains hospitalized. Weeden was arrested for the leaving the scene of an accident and is in jail with a $50,000 bail. The case remains under investigation by Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Weeden has a history of being arrested for DUI charges, felony DUI and driving without a valid Missouri Driver’s license. In 1995, Weeden was charged with driving on a suspended or revoked license, carrying an alcoholic beverage and improper passing in the Illinois County of St. Clair.

A hit-and-run driver can wreck havoc on the make-up of a family. If you or a loved one knows someone who has been injured as a pedestrian, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to know your legal rights.  Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A West Town neighborhood intersection that had Chicago Public School teachers picketing was the scene of a car and pedestrian accident on Wednesday morning.

The 62-year-old longtime teacher was at the intersection of Chicago and Western Avenues with other striking teachers on September 12th. Around 8:00 a.m., the teacher was in the middle of Chicago Avenue with a picket sign in his hand when a Ford Focus struck him, sending him to the pavement where the teacher hit his head.

The teacher was taken to John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County with serious injuries that were deemed non-life threatening. The driver of the Ford, Chicago-resident Joseph Holloway, was cited for driving without a license and failure to exercise due care for pedestrians.

Head injuries are unpredictable in their severity. If you or a loved one knows someone who has suffered a head injury as a result of being a pedestrian who was hit by a car, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal options. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

Before the fall of 2011, Kelsey Little was an active 13-year-old who was a straight-A-student at school as well as an active participant in sports and dance classes.

Then in October 2011, she was hit by a pick-up truck as she walked home from a Minooka ice cream stand with friends. The driver was a 16-year-old male who was charged for not slowing down and driving without a license. Kelsey was taken to Provena St. Joseph Hospital where tests revealed she had traumatic head injuries.  She was airlifted to Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago only hours later.

Kelsey was in the hospital for nearly a week before the wound on her head healed completely. She wore a neck brace during her hospital stay and for two weeks after her release to prevent further neck injury.

Since then Kelsey has had two hemotomas, which is swelling of the brain at the site of the injury. Her short term memory has been affected, making studying harder for the 9^th grader. Some days, she has headaches that are nearly unbearable. Her doctors stated that the original injury, the skull fracture, only began to mend eight months after the accident.

But according to her mother, Kelsey is still the same loving daughter and friend that she has always been. Her schedule at school is lighter but she is on the pom squad at her high school.

When a pedestrian is struck by a motor vehicle, the recovery can take longer than anyone expects. If you or loved one knows someone who has been injured in the last year in a motor vehicle accident and still recovering, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A walk down a road ended with a seventeen-year-old Illinois girl in critical condition in a medically induced coma.

The girl, a Manhattan resident, was walking with a twenty-year-old man near Division Street and Wilmington-Peotone Road on August 3^rd. Just after 9 p.m., the couple was hit by a vehicle driven by Joliet resident, Fidencio Castillo.

The seventeen-year-old took a greater amount of the impact with the car and has a skull fracture along with a brain tear. She was taken to Provena St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee and was airlifted later to Provena St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet. The Peotone man sustained a minor leg injury and refused medical treatment. Castillo, 28, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

An accident involving a drunk driver and a pedestrian can leave injuries with life-long-lasting effects. If you or a loved one knows someone who has been injured as a pedestrian, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for professional legal representation. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A correctional officer died after being hit by a hit-and-run driver while on her way to work on Wednesday, July 18^th.

Nickkii Bostic-Jones, 38, was walking from her car to the Cook County Jail for her 11 p.m. – 7 a.m. shift as a corrections officer. As Bostic-Jones was crossing the street a navy-blue van was heading north on  California Avenue near 29th Street and hit the guard. Bostic-Jones was thrown into a sheriff’s squad car was coming from the other direction and was pinned under that car as the van drove off.

Bostic-Jones was taken to Mt. Sinai hospital where she passed away. The driver of the squad car is emotionally shaken by the accident but was physically uninjured. The police are looking for a grey Chevy van with blue and whit strips that is reported to have some damage on the front end.

Union officials are calling for the city of Chicago to place a crosswalk or a traffic light on the street to better protect employees at the county jail. The section of California Avenue where Bostic-Jones was hit is known for being ‘extremely dangerous.’

A hit-and-run accident that kills a pedestrian leaves many unanswered questions for the family members left behind. If you or a loved one knows someone who has lost a family member in a hit-and-run accident, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 to explore your legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

A young man who had been struck by a car in South Barrington on April 30, 2012 died this past weekend.

Cole Deacon, of Palatine, was in the Barrington Road near Terra Vita Drive around 1:30 a.m. on the late April night. Terra Vita Drive at this point leads to a subdivision and is located near Willow Creek Community Church. That is when the 19-year-old man was hit by a 2003 Toyota Corolla driven by a Schaumburg man.

Deacon suffered severe injuries including a major brain injury and numerous fractures. He was being treated at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital for these injuries. The Cook County Coroner’s office planned to do an autopsy. The initial investigation has not found out why Deacon was in the street and citations have not been issued at this time.

Accidents can happen to pedestrians as well as passengers of a car. If you or a loved one has lost someone in a pedestrian and car accident, call Spiros Law at 815-929-9292 for professional legal representation. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.

 The Albany Park neighborhood in Chicago was the scene of an accident on the morning of Monday, December 12 in which a car struck a pedestrian after hitting several parked cars. The vehicle then smashed into a flower shop.

The accident occurred around 7:15 in the morning as a pedestrian was waiting for the #82 Kimball/Homan bus at Irving Park Road. A silver Buick sedan was seen going faster than normal in a northerly direction on Kimball. The driver veered right and hit some parked cars before hitting the pedestrian. It then hit a black SUV and both vehicles crashed into Bonnie Flower Shop, going through the store front window.

The pedestrian was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital and was reported to be in critical condition. The driver was taken to a different hospital but that person’s condition is unknown at this time.  

An accident causes injuries that last a lifetime in a matter of seconds.

If you or a loved one knows someone who has been injured as a pedestrian by a vehicle, call Spiros Law t 815-929-9292  to explore their legal rights. Visit the website at www.spiroslaw.com.