3 Dead In Fiery Crash, Man Shot In Neck: Illinois Weekend

ILLINOIS — As we head into a new week, Patch has rounded up the stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Three people were killed Sunday in a fiery crash in the suburbs, while a juvenile was freed from one of the vehicles and airlifted to a hospital.

Meanwhile, officials responded to a dryer fire at an assisted living facility, two people were arrested in connection with fentanyl dealing after crashing into a cornfield, and a suspect is still at large in a fatal hit-and-run.

Here are some of the stories you may have missed:

3 Dead, 1 Seriously Injured In Fiery Sunday Crash

Emergency crews freed a trapped juvenile from the silver SUV, and the juvenile was transported by helicopter to Loyola. Two people inside the sedan were pronounced dead at the scene, along with the driver of the SUV.

Dryer Fire Reported At Assisted Living Facility

Crews found a commercial laundry dryer on fire; the majority of the fire was extinguished by the sprinkler system in the room, and the remaining small fire in the dryer barrel was extinguished by fire crews.

White Supremacist Convicted Of Hate Crime: Records

In May, Jackson and a 17-year-old youth were accused of carving swastikas and scrawling Nazi phrases on playground equipment. During an interview with police, Jacksons said he specifically replaced the black laces of his Doc Martens boots with white laces because they represented “white power,” according to the arrest report.

Man Shot In Neck While Driving In Parking Lot: Police

Police responded at around 8:42 p.m. Friday following a report of shots fired and a person shot. Police believe the man and a woman were driving through a parking lot when the shooting occurred. They then drove to a different parking lot, where police found them.

2 Criminals Had 3 Kilos Of Fentanyl Before Corn Field Crash: Sheriff

Two hours earlier, the same vehicle fled the Illinois State Police on Interstate 80, officials said. Deputies in the suburbs deployed stop sticks to finally stop the vehicle, which crashed in a corn field, lighting the vehicle and some of the cornstalks on fire.