Nicole of the Madison, WI turned Chicago, IL weblog The Perfect Face For Radio reports the sad news:

"Yesterday around lunch time Doug Meis, the drummer for Exo and the Dials; John Glick, the guitarist for the Returnables; and Michael Dahlquist, the drummer for Silkworm all died in a car accident in Skokie. They were coming back to work from lunch and were hit by someone speeding while talking on a cell phone (which is now illegal in Chicago)."

She's promised to update with details as they become available (link)

EDIT: More news has been revealed. The deaths are even more senseless than originally reported. NBC5 says:

CHICAGO — Bond was denied Friday for a 23-year-old woman accused of intentionally ramming her car into another vehicle at a Skokie intersection in a suicide attempt, killing three men from Chicago and injuring three others.

Jeanette Sliwinski was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery in connection with the Thursday afternoon crash at Niles Center Road and Dempster Street, according to a news release from Skokie police.

Sliwinski, of 8915 S. Parkside St. in Morton Grove, was denied bond when a hearing was held in the Skokie Courthouse in her absence, while she remains hospitalized from the crash, Cook County state's attorney's office spokesman Tom Stanton said.

Stanton did not know which judge presided over the hearing.

Sliwinski was accused of intentionally ramming her 2000 red Ford Mustang into a 2001 Honda Civic, which was stopped at a red light, because she was distraught and trying to kill herself, Stanton said. He said her car was travelling more than 70 mph before the impact.

Three men in the Civic were killed. They were identified as Michael Dahlquist, 39, John Glick, 35, and Douglas Meis, 29, all of Chicago, according to release.

Stanton said Sliwinski was not seriously injured.

A fair punishment would be locking Jeanette Sliwinski in a 5' x 5' padded room under the prison with no clothing, bedding, or any kind of instrument that could potentially be used to commit suicide and then genetically engineer a drug that would make her live 500 years. And then kill the light.

EDIT: Brian Cox and Lolly Bowean of the Chicago Tribune have written a more in-depth piece about the 3 late musicians:

"They were people who were so smart and brilliant and amazing," said Rebecca Crawford, Glick's wife. "Everyone feels cheated that they haven't been able to accomplish what they set out to do."

Dahlquist, who moved to Chicago from Washington state five years ago, played drums for Silkworm, a band praised by critics for its independence and eagerness to experiment.

Glick grew up in Boston and moved to Chicago six years ago. He was a guitarist and singer with the Returnables. Meis played drums with Glick's wife in a band called The Dials, described by Matt Priest, a talent buyer, as "loud and noisy but super melodic and super poppy."

"Michael was friendly to an extreme. He was a very outgoing and upbeat guy," said Tim Midgett, who played bass and guitar with him.

Without Dahlquist, the band is over, he said. "He can't be replaced." (full story)

UPDATE Funeral and wake information found here.

(This post originally appeared on donewaiting.com, written by Paul Cox)