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Friday, March 7, 2014
A 29-year-old man was killed Saturday in a rollover crash that shut down lanes of Interstate 57 on the city’s South Side. The man, driving in a 2000 Ford Explorer, was heading northbound on I-57 near 99th Street around 1:30 a.m. “at a high rate of speed” when he lost control, according to Illinois State Police. The veered right and struck the right side guard rail and rolled over, police said. The driver was ejected from the SUV and sustained fatal injuries. Police said he was not wearing a seatbelt.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Two people were killed and another critically injured in a car crash early New Year’s Day in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, authorities said. Crews responded about 4:45 a.m. to the crash in the 4500 block of West Lake Street, a Fire Media Affairs spokesman said. The car had been travelling westbound when the driver crashed into a light pole, a police News Affairs Officer said. A man and a woman in the car were dead at the scene, and another woman who was ejected from the car was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, according to police and fire officials.