Crime & Safety
Two Chain-Reaction Collisions on Slippery Dec. 17
Friday was miserable driving, and the proof is in both the number of total accidents reported by the Geneva Police Department and in the pair of three-car collisions on that day.
In a separate story on Geneva Patch later today, you'll see more evidence of the number of accidents that happened in the wake of snow and ice storms of the past week.
Among the accidents are a pair of three-car collisions, each a little after 5 p.m. on Geneva's busiest roads.
Three-Car Collision Sends One Person to Delnor—Jessica Greenway of Blue Island was transported to Delnor Hospital after a three-car collision around 5:05 p.m. Dec. 17 in the 300 block of East Fabyan Parkway (County Highway 8) near Thoria Road, reports said.
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A Chevrolet Colorado driven by Charles Morse III of Sycamore and an Oldsmobile Cutlass driven by Greenway were stopped in traffic westbound on Fabyan Parkway, when Greenway's Oldsmobile was struck in the back by a Dodge Charger driven by Terry Harrell of Batavia.
The front end of Greenway's Olds then collided with the rear end of Morse's Chevy. Greenway's Oldsmobile and Harrell's Dodge were towed from the scene. Damage to any one vehicle was estimated at more than $1,500.
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Three-Car Collision on South Randall Road (County Highway 34)—The passenger-side front of a Chevrolet Equinox driven by John Henke of Elk Point, SD, collided with the driver's side rear of a Chrysler PT Cruiser driven by Nina Chavez of Geneva, which then collided with the rear end of n Audi Allroad driven by Al McKnight of Batavia around 5:31 p.m. Dec. 17 in the 300 block of South Randall Road near Kaneville Road, reports said. Damage to any one person's vehicle was estimated at $501 to $1,500.
Henke was issued a warning ticket for following too closely, reports said.
