accident

Crystal Lake Police and Fire crews investigate an accident involving an MDC Environmental Services garbage truck and a silver sedan on Route 176 at Mount Thabor Road on March 2, 2010. The garbage truck was traveling west on Route 176 when it struck the car and pushed it about 100 yards. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver of the truck suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.

Woodstock Fire Department, Police Department, and Coroner's office worked together to give Woodstock High School students a look at what a real accident scene might look like. Students watched as friends were treated on the scene, arrested, and pronounced dead from injuries. This DUI crash program was scheduled right before Woodstock's prom.

(Lake in the Hills, Ill.) Rob Pierson is back at work at the Lake in the Hills Police Department after a fall left him paralyzed seven months ago.

(Huntley, Ill.) Flight For Life honored Jack Pulaski and the people who saved his life Tuesday night at Huntley Cosman Cultural Center. Five years ago, Pulaski fell 20 feet and suffered massive facial and head trauma.

(Woodstock, Ill.) McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren and Cary Police Sergeant Ed Synek discuss Tuesday's Metra pedestrian fatality and the related death of a child.

(Cary, Ill.) A Cary man crashed his car into a one-story house in Cary.

(Crystal Lake, Ill.) Crystal Lake Central hosts Grayslake North in a girls soccer match two days after goalie Jenna Gleixner was killed in an auto accident.