11/23/2022
RawNews1st – Two people have died in a horrific crash on Chicago’s South Side Wednesday evening, officials said.
Six vehicles were involved in the crash near the intersection of 87th and Cottage Grove in the Chatham neighborhood.
“This is a really bad crash,” Chicago Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford said. “I’ve seen many, many — and this is among the worst.”
Chicago fire officials said 10 people, including women and children, have been taken to hospitals from the scene.
At least four of those people are critically injured, and one was described as “very critical.”
Langford said that a Dodge sports car traveling at a high rate of speed through the intersection is believed to have set off a chain-reaction crash, according to witnesses on the scene.
Langford said that two people inside the heavily-mangled Dodge are deceased and remain in the vehicle.
The most-seriously injured victim was in the vehicle that flipped onto its roof.
The intersection is expected to be closed for several hours.
Drivers are being urged to avoid the area.
The Chicago Police Department’s Major Accidents division is on the scene investigating the cause of the crash.
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