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Vehicles Found Torched On West and Northwest Sides
(WGN-AM)- Police and firefighters Tuesday morning found at least 17 vehicles set on fire in three locations on the West and Northwest Sides. Seven vehicles were found in the 1600 block of North Keeler Avenue, an additional six were found in the 1600...Tags: Arson, Crimes, Vehicles, Chicago Tribune, Crime, Law and Justice
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Calumet City Officer Wounded in Shootout with Bank Robbery Suspects
(WGN-AM) - Three people suspected of robbing a bank Tuesday afternoon and shooting a Calumet City police officer while exchanging gunfire are in custody, police said at a news conference. As Calumet City police pursued three people onto the Bishop Ford...Tags: Theft, Hospitals and Clinics, Calumet City, Crimes, Bank Robbery
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One Person Dead as Sailboat Capsizes
Staff reporter(WGN-AM)-One person died and a second person was hospitalized after their sailboat overturned and they had to be pulled out of Lake Michigan near DuSable Harbor this morning, Chicago police said. The boat overturned at about 10:15 a.m., said Chicago...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Coast Guard, Lake Shore Drive, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Tribune
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Officers Injured In Halsted Crash
(WGN-AM)- Three Chicago police officers were injured Monday night after their squad car was involved in a crash at Halsted and Taylor Streets with a vehicle they were pursuing, authorities said. One of the officers was taken to Stroger Hospital, Harrison...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Vehicles, Chicago Tribune, Health
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Girl In Hospital After Almost Drowning
(WGN-AM)- A 3-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday night after nearly drowning at a beach on Chicago's South Side, officials said. Chicago Fire Department emergency personnel responded to the beach house at Calumet Beach,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Fires, Chicago Park District, Indiana, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Six Hospitalized After South Side Appartment Fire
(WGN-AM)- Six people suffered minor smoke inhalation from an early morning fire in a Burnside neighborhood apartment building on the South Side, the Chicago Fire Department said. The victims were taken to Advocate Trinity and Jackson Park Hospitals; five...Tags: Fires, Hospitals and Clinics, Jackson Park, Burnside, Chicago Tribune
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Restaurant Cited In Explosion
(WGN-AM)- The Chicago Fire Department cited a downtown Chicago Riverwalk outdoor cafe with several fire code violations after a propane gas explosion there landed four people in the hospital. Witnesses called one of the injured a hero, but a Fire...Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Sports, Dining and Drinking, Disasters, Disasters and Accidents
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Eight Injured In Dan Ryan Crash
(WGN-AM)- Eight people, all under 16, were hurt Friday night in a rollover traffic crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway at 87th Street, officials said. Of the injured, Illinois State Police said, three were ejected. One of those three was a small child,...Tags: University of Chicago, Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Tribune, Health
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Fire At North Side Building Extinguished
(WGN-AM)- Chicago firefighters quickly put out a fire on the roof of a North Side building caused by a propane tank explosion that sent up plumes of dark smoke into the air, officials said. Larry Langford, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department,...Tags: Fires, Lake Shore Drive, Chicago Tribune, Disasters and Accidents
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Car On Eisenhower Hits Blue Line Train
(WGN-AM)- A car jumped a concrete barrier and struck a Blue Line CTA train following a multicar accident on the Eisenhower Expressway this morning, Illinois State Police said.
CTA spokesperson Kim Myles said the train was heading toward the city around...Tags: Travel, Bus Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Chicago Transit Authority
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Three Morning Fires In Chicago Area
(WGN-AM)- Firefighters early this morning battled three fires -- one in a single-family home in Logan Square, another in a three-story apartment building in Roscoe Village and a third in an apartment building in South Shore. Fire trucks responded about 2...Tags: Fires, Hospitals and Clinics, Roscoe Village, Family, Chicago Tribune
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Boy Saved By CPR at Park District Swimming Pool
(WGN-AM)- For paramedic Steven Dorich, it was an eventful first day on the job. About 3:30 p.m., Dorich and his colleagues with Chicago Fire Department Engine Co. 101 received an urgent call: a 7-year-old boy was unresponsive after spending as long as...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, West Englewood, Chicago Park District, Advanced Life Support, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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