Four Injured In Near West Side Hit-And-Run Crash

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July 27, 2013 10:04 AM

CHICAGO (STMW) – Four people were injured early Saturday when a pickup truck that blew a stop sign crashed into a taxicab on the Near West Side.

The crash happened about 2:15 a.m. at Ogden Avenue and Congress Parkway, according to police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada.

A Ford pickup truck was heading east on Congress Parkway when it failed to stop at a stop sign at Ogden and struck a 2013 Toyota Camry that was heading south on Ogden, Estrada said. According to a witness report the Camry was a taxicab. The Ford fled the scene of the crash.

The driver of the Camry, as well as three passengers, were taken to local hospitals, according to police. Their conditions were not believed to be life-threatening. At least five ambulances were sent to the scene.

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Motorcycle land-speed record holder Bill Warner dies in crash

Bill Warner. Photo courtesy Loring Timing Association.

Motorcycle land-speed racer Bill Warner, who holds a number of records for open-cockpit motorcycles, racing his modified turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa died on Sunday, July 12, after an accident during the Loring Timing Association’s Maine Event at Loring Air Force Base in northern Maine. He was 44.

Warner, a Florida resident, was well-known in land-speed circles as an affable racer who, along with his crew, did his own modifications and mechanical work. In 2011, he managed a personal best of more than 311 MPH over the 1.5-mile course at Loring, racing under the auspices of the Loring Timing Association; his achievement stands as the world record for a conventional motorcycle, according to LTA race director Tim Kelly.

On Sunday, Warner was trying to best that record by surpassing 300 MPH over the measured mile. He had already made several passes, including one clocked at 285 MPH, when the accident took place around 10 a.m., with Warner suddenly veering hard right. A slight breeze, coupled with mechanical difficulties, may have contributed to the crash, according to Warner’s crew. He was conscious and talking following the accident, but died a little more than an hour later at the hospital in nearby Caribou, Maine. The event was halted after the crash, and its cause is currently under investigation.

“No one will touch Bill’s achievements or be the type of racer he was,” Kelly said. “He was a personal friend and the land-racing community is less for his loss.”

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