Edith Guevara, 58, killed and one person injured when pedestrians struck on sidewalk on West Addison Street in Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois
1 dead, 1 injured in car crash on Northwest Side
About 9 p.m., a 2002 Toyota was traveling west in the 4700 block of West Addison Street when it struck a 2006 Toyota SUV that was making at turn onto Keating Avenue, police said.
The older model Toyota then veered onto the sidewalk and hit two pedestrians before it crashed into a building, police said.
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