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"It was one of the most painful, scary things that Ive gone through," he said. Dr. John Fernandez of Midwest Orthopedics at Rush said hes seen numerous patients in the last couple weeks with similar injuries. He says the heavy snow seems to be root cause, and the injuries are often serious - including some patients who have lost fingers. "Theyre basically partial amputations, bad fractures, tendon injuries, things of that nature," said Dr. Fernandez. Experts say most snow blower injuries happ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A deep freeze is moving into the Chicago area following another round of snowfall that is sure to slicken streets and make for treacherous travel. Hard and fast snow started falling around 1 p.m. Thursday, and lasted until about 7 p.m. The heaviest snowfall is over, though flurries are expected to continue later into the night. Those flurries shouldnt add much accumulation, but there is still a lot of snow left over from last week. About 2 to 5 inches of snow was expected acros...

Chicago weather: Snow accumulations of 2-5 inches followed by deep freeze creates dangerous conditions ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team and Jesse Kirsch Double whammy of snow, cold mean icy, arctic days ahead Replay Video UP NEXT A deep freeze is moving into the Chicago area following another round of snowfall that is sure to slicken streets and make for treacherous travel. Hard and fast snow started falling around 1 p.m. Thursday, and lasted until about 7 p.m. The heaviest snowfall ...

Chicago weather: Snow accumulations of 2-5 inches followed by deep freeze creates dangerous conditions ABC 7 Chicago Digital Team and Jesse Kirsch Double whammy of snow, cold mean icy, arctic days ahead Replay Video UP NEXT A deep freeze is moving into the Chicago area following another round of snowfall that is sure to slicken streets and make for treacherous travel. Hard and fast snow started falling around 1 p.m. Thursday, and lasted until about 7 p.m. The heaviest snowfall ...