The trooper was going through the intersection of Route 59 and Higgins Road with his lights and sirens on, when another vehicle hit his squad car.

An Illinois State Trooper was critically injured Saturday morning in a five-vehicle crash in suburban South Barrington that left two other people injured, authorities said.

The fire department said it took almost a half-hour to extricate the trooper from his heavily damaged vehicle.

An Illinois State Police trooper suffered critical injuries and two others were hurt in a five-vehicle crash Saturday morning in South Barrington. First responders from the East Dundee and

Illinois State Police are investigating what happened before a 35-year-old man died in a crash on the Edens Expressway earlier this week. Police said 35-year-old Joseph Wheeler crashed into a concrete barrier Tuesday morning,

State Police are trying to figure out how a driver on the Edens Expressway Tuesday morning ended up hitting a concrete barrier and what caused a gapping hole in the driver’s neck and windshield.