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Man ‘fixated on girlfriend’ refuses to come down from tree
CHICAGO (STMW) – A man distraught over a romantic relationship who climbed about 20 feet up into a tree after cutting his wrists wouldn’t come down for 2-1/2 hours, prompting a police presence in West...
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Good Samaritan On Helping Woman Impaled By Tree
CHICAGO (CBS) – Connie Odoms stopped to help a stranger who was impaled by a tree. She wasn’t the first person to pull over, but she was the first who tried to help. CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole talked to...
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Woman Impaled By Tree Says Passersby Left Her For Dead
Updated: 11/09/10 9:52 p.m. LAKE VILLA, Ill. (CBS) – She survived the unthinkable when she was impaled by a tree. On Tuesday, the suburban woman is out of the hospital and thanking the paramedics who...
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Teen Dies After Car Hits Tree In Arlington Heights
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS (CBS) – A 16-year-old boy was killed when the car he was riding in slammed into a tree early Thursday morning, while driving on a wet and snowy road in Arlington Heights. Arlington...
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2 Hurt When SUV Flips Over On Lake Shore Drive
CHICAGO (CBS) – Two people were injured Friday morning when their sport-utility vehicle knocked down a light pole and a tree, and flipped over, on Lake Shore Drive near the Stevenson Expressway. As CBS...
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Call Saved Mom, Daughter From Injury In Des Plaines
DES PLAINES (CBS) — A large weeping willow tree was brought down by the storm Monday morning in Des Plaines and crashed into a home. As Newsradio 780’s Steve Miller reports, the tree was one of the big...
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Lake Forest Girl Struck, Killed By Tree In Wyoming
Updated 07/19/11 – 10:16 p.m. JACKSON, Wyo. (CBS) — A 16-year-old girl from Lake Forest is dead after being struck by a large falling tree in the Teton Wilderness in Wyoming. Elizabeth “Ellie” Burns,...
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Woman Killed, 2 Others Injured In Jackson Park Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman was killed and two others were injured late Thursday when a car crashed into a tree on busy Cornell Drive in Jackson Park. Around 11:45 p.m., a Honda Prelude left the roadway...
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Van Slams Into Tree, Closes Eisenhower Off-Ramp Near UIC
UPDATED 12/08/11 6:24 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — The Racine Avenue off-ramp on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway was blocked early Thursday, after a delivery van driver slammed into a tree. As CBS 2’s Kris...
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One Dead, Six Critically Injured In South Side Wreck
CHICAGO (STMW) – One of seven people who were critically injured early Sunday when a car struck a tree in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood has died. Juan P. Trujillo, 28, of 4836 S. Bishop...
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Cops: Driver, 19, Critically Hurt In Crash Was Intoxicated
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 19-year-old driver was allegedly intoxicated when he crashed into a tree on the Northwest Side early Saturday, injuring himself and a passenger. The crash happened about 1:20 a.m. at...
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Oak Park Pastor Survives Lightning Strike
OAK PARK, Ill. (CBS) – As a pastor, Kathy Nolte likes to think she has insight into how quickly the end can come for anyone. During a thunderstorm on Sunday afternoon, lightning from the heavens...
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Woman Dies In Northwest Side Crash
CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman died Monday night after the van she was driving hit a telephone pole before it struck a tree on the Northwest Side, police said. The single-vehicle accident happened about 9...
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Van Filled With Blackhawks Fans Hits Tree, Flips On Its Side
WESTERN SPRINGS, Ill. (STMW) – A day of celebration came to an abrupt halt early Friday when a van full of Blackhawks fans hit a tree and rolled onto its side near in Western Springs. Witness Hilary...
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Six Hurt By Falling Tree On South Side
Six people were injured when this tree limb fell on the South Side. (Credit: Mai Martinez) UPDATED: 3/2/2013 4:46 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Six people were hurt Tuesday afternoon when a tree fell on them on...
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Actress Molly Glynn Dies After Being Struck By Falling Tree
UPDATE: 9/6/2014 4:31 p.m. (CBS) – The violent storms that hit Chicago’s north suburbs Friday have claimed a life. Veteran Chicago stage and television actress Molly Glynn died Saturday of the...
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Alleged Drunk Driver Gets Tree Stuck In Grille
CHICAGO (CBS) — It’s not every day you see a car going down the street with a tree embedded in its grille, but that’s exactly what happened a few weeks ago in west suburban Roselle. Around 11 p.m. on...
View ArticleRain Dampens Millennium Park Tree-Lighting
(CBS) — Chicago’s 104th official tree-lighting ceremony Friday evening may go down as one of the shortest. Those who tried to wait out the rain found themselves soaked to the bone. Heavy thunderstorms...
View ArticleChicago Weather: Strong Winds Cause Tree To Fall On Roof Of Glenview House
CHICAGO (CBS)– Overnight winds caused damage in the northern suburbs. A tree was completely blown over in Glenview. The roots were pulled from the ground, and the tree landed on the roof of a house. No...
View Article‘And It Wasn’t Christmas’: After Storm, Grayslake Family Finds Tree In Their...
GRAYSLAKE, Ill. (CBS) — Damage from Tuesday’s storms covered big areas outside of Chicago. CBS 2’s Steven Graves reported Wednesday from Grayslake, where residents were cleaning up after a wild night....
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