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5 hurt when van hits IDOT truck on Bishop Ford Five people, including three Illinois Department of Transportation workers, were injured Thursday morning when a contractors van rear-ended an IDOT truck on the Bishop Ford Freeway near Calumet City. Automakers troubles to overshadow new models The deepening financial troubles of General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. will likely overshadow the shimmering new car and truck models on display at the Detroit auto show next week, one of the industrys most important annual events. Truck blazes on 84th Street La Vista firefighters extinguished a fire that engulfed a 1978 Ford F-150 pickup truck just south of 84th Street and Park View Blvd on Tuesday at about 6:30 p.m. Chryslers sales decline, but are enough to top Ford Chevrolet was the bestselling brand in the U.S. market in 2005, outpacing Ford for the first time in 19 years. But that was where the good news ended for General Motors Corp. and other U.S. automakers, who continued to lose ground to foreign rivals. Ford Sales Slump in Dec. on Truck Demand Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday said domestic sales of its Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles fell last month, led by a continued slide in demand for trucks and sport utility vehicles. Newly redesigned 2006 Ford Explorer could be best ever What if an automaker redesigned a favorite vehicle and nobody cared? That might be what happens with the 2006 Ford Explorer. Fords Fields Outlook on Company The following is a transcript of remarks delivered by Mark Fields, Ford Motor Company Executive Vice President and President of the Americas, to the Motor Press Guild during the opening of the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Ford, GM enter Detroit auto show in a weakened state After having been thrashed in their home markets, struggling automakers General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Company will enter the Detroit auto show on Sunday under the shadow of drastic restructuring plans. Porter Fire Department truck rear-ended Proving that accidents can happen to anyone, a Montgomery County Emergency Services District truck assigned to Porter Fire Department Station 121 sustained major damage when it was rear-ended at an intersection around 2 a.m. Friday morning. Five Injured In Bishop Ford Crash Five people were injured this morning after a van struck and IDOT pickup truck on the southbound Bishop Ford. | |||||||