Nathan Loveless, a passenger, was killed when the car he was riding crashed in Chicago.

Charges are pending against the driver whose passenger was killed in a crash Monday afternoon on the South Side, an accident police say was drug-related.

The two men were in a two-door 1999 Pontiac traveling north on South Shore Drive about 2:50 p.m. when the driver lost control of the car, a police News Affairs Officer said.

The vehicle skidded into southbound traffic, hitting a four-door 2005 Volkswagen in the 6600 block of South Shore.

According to police, drugs played a role in the crash.

Both the driver and the passenger in the Pontiac were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where the passenger later died. The driver was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Nathan Loveless, 22, of the 3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue was pronounced dead at 3:42 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Police said Monday morning that charges are pending against the driver.