Preliminary exam began for former Warren Police Officer James Burke, who is charged with two counts of homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle in deaths.

A preliminary investigation revealed both motorcyclists were riding north on Illinois Route 394 when one victim rear-ended the other, causing both to crash.

The same day as the crash near Ballantine, a Washington State resident was killed and another hospitalized after a single-vehicle crash outside of Livingston.

CROWN POINT — A 29-year-old man reportedly died Monday as a result of a crash along Ill. 394 south of Steger Road in Steger, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office.