4 hospitalized in I-290 crash at Wolf Road
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Traffic was backed up Wednesday on I-290 at Wolf Road for a crash. | IDOT
Four people were taken to hospitals Wednesday morning following a chain-reaction crash involving seven vehicles on Interstate 290.
The crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. near Wolf Road, just past the I-294 interchange, according to the Illinois State Police.
A driver rear-ended one vehicle, which crashed into four others, and then sideswiped two more cars, state police said. The driver of the striking car and three others were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening.
IDOT employee arrested for forgery, wire fraud
Submitted by the Public Information Office
Illinois State Police
DESPLAINES, Ill. – The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation (DII) conducted an investigation which led to the arrest of Bryan Laughlin, an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Operations Supervisor at the Oakbrook Maintenance Yard, located in Villa Park, IL. Laughlin, a 39 year-old of Downers Grove, IL, has been charged with five counts of Forgery (Class 3 Felony) and five counts of Wire Fraud (Class 3 Felony).
On May 8, 2020, the ISP DII, was requested by the IDOT, Bureau of Investigations Compliance (BIC) office to investigate allegations of Theft by Deception and Forgery against Laughlin. It was alleged Laughlin submitted fraudulent doctor’s notes excusing him from work.
By WMAY Newsroom
Feb 3, 2021 7:39 PM
An Illinois Department of Transportation worker is facing multiple counts of forgery and wire fraud… for allegedly turning in phony doctor’s notes excusing him from work.
Illinois State Police say they were asked by IDOT to investigate the worker, an operations supervisor at a maintenance yard in Oakbrook. Based on the investigation, 39-year-old Bryan Laughlin of Downers Grove is charged with five counts each of forgery and wire fraud. All counts are Class 3 felonies. A press release did not indicate how much pay and benefits Laughlin received as a result of the alleged fraud.
Can’t the company find some mayor more interested in the warehouse? Why does it have to be Elwood?
- Andersonville Right Winger - Wednesday, Feb 3, 21 @ 10:08 am:
Hopefully State Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., who is from Elwood, has enough clout with the Governor’s office to stop this awful project
What Will co doesn’t need is 1000s more trucks jamming up the roads. Build three or four lane bridges over the Illinois river on I-55 and on I-80 over the Canal in Joliet before adding more truck traffic.
Hope fully this project development gets placed on the backs of the developers. These warehouses typically hire temporary workers who don’t live in the communities they are located in. They drain local tax money better spent on schools, police and fire pensions, and local infrastructure not related to self serving development. My dad was a die hard old school Republican and he would be spinning in his grave at the thought of businesses demanding, extorting, or begging for public
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