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The Chicago White Sox and the owner of a Joliet bar are being sued the the family of a woman who was killed in by a hit and run driver after leaving the bar on Aug. 7, 2008.

The suit alleges that Melissa Lech, 20 of Joliet, was being served alcohol while attending a White Sox game. After leaving the game, Lech was drinking at the City of Champions Sports Bar & Grill in Joliet, She was struck and killed by a car in a hit and run.

The suit names Chisox Corp, Chicago White Sox, Ltd., At Your Services, LLC, Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, Illinois Sportservice Inc., and SDI Security Inc., "for failing to prevent her from drinking and properly check her id."

The suit also names the owner of the bar, Filcorp Ltd and Leopoldo Robles and Marsha Ortega for serving Lech alcohol.

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At 5:30 a.m. today, a semi-trailer carrying 50,000 pounds of bread collided with a minivan on I-90. The collision caused the semi to roll over. The semi was headed westbound at the time of the accident.

According to an Illinois State Police Tollway District master sergeant, the driver of the semi and the driver and passengers in the mini- van sustained non-life threatening injuries.

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The debate over safety versus money continues. On Wednesday, RedSpeed Company denied the request made by authorities in River Forest to a reduction on fines for drivers caught rolling through red light on right turns.

The River Forest Village Board voted to hire RedSpeed to install two cameras on Harlem ave, but felt that the $100 fine was too high for drivers making rolling right turns on red. They want the fine cut in half.

RedSpeed rejects the reduction in fines. Martin Korey, an attorney for RedSpeed said they would not agree to the reduction. Korey believes that reducing the fine for a rolling right turn on red could result in legal action against RedSpeed based upon an equal protection violation under the Ilinois Constitution. The Village of River Forest would be fining drivers who run a red light $100 and $50 for a rolling red light turn, essentially the same violation.

RedSpeed believes it would cause administrative chaos to be charging two different fines.

A special board meeting will convene on Monday to discuss the response to RedSpeed.

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It has been over a decade since Congress lifted the 55 mph speed limit on interstate highways. According to Lee S. Friedman, PHD, of the University of Illinois and the Social Policy Research Institute in Skokie, Ill, researches found that since the lift traffic fatalities, nationwide, have increased by 3.2%

According to Friedman, the increased speed limit on interstate highways caused 12,545 deaths and 36,583 injuries, in the decade after the federal government gave up control of the 55 mph speed limit.

Friedman and his collegues reported in the American Journal of Public Health that if speed limits were reduced and enforcement improved, it would save lives immediately.

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For most of the spring, the Fox River and Chain O"Lakes have been enforcing "no wake." With the except of Sautrday night during their fireworks show, these waterways were wide open for the weekend.

Because there were no fireworks last year, a group called Keep the Spark Alive, was able raise enough to provide the fireworks. The group has done fireworks shows in the past on Fox Lake, so they know the area. So the village wasn't concerned about safety.

According to the Fox Waterway Agency, the now wake zone on Saturday was in effect from 8-11pm.

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