Fatal Car Accident on Kishwaukee Street in Rockford, Illinois Kills One

ROCKFORD, IL- Wrex.com writes that a deadly collision took place on Kishwaukee Street at about 2 in the morning on Saturday, December 22, 2018.*

The Rockford Police report that one of the involved vehicles was driving at a high rate of speed and traveling south on Kishwaukee when it went through a red traffic light and struck another vehicle that was driving on Brooke Road.

The vehicle that ran the red light then caught on fire. Three people were in the vehicle at the timeof the accident. The driver, a 45-year-old man,was thrown from the vehicle and declared dead at the scene of the crash. A 50-year-old woman was in the vehicle at the time of the collision and was able to get out of the burning vehicle. Police had to extract another person, a 46-year-old man, from the vehicle.

The surviving occupants of the car that caught fire were both taken to the hospital. The man is reportedly in critical condition while the woman’s injuries were described as non-life-threatening.

Two people were in the other vehicle at the time, andthey were not injured in the crash.

The crash is still under investigation.

Drivers run red lights more than many people realize. One traffic study found that drivers travel through red traffic lights about once every 20 minutesor three times every hour. Driver acknowledgesthat running a red light is extremely dangerous, but many still engage in this action.

It is important that drivers exercise caution and safe driving practices while behind the wheel, but studies have indicated that changing driver behavior is extremely difficult. There are ways to reduce the number of traffic accidents at intersections, including designing better intersections, such as roundabouts, which have far fewer crashes.

If you or a loved one have been harmed in a motor vehicle accident in Rockford or anywhere in the state of Illinois, contact Stein & Shulman, LLC for your free case review.

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*Source:https://wrex.com/category/2018/12/22/fiery-crash-leaves-one-dead-and-two-others-hurt-overnight-in-rockford/