Two Chicago cops had been significantly injured in Lakeview early Monday when a stolen car slammed into their squad automobile as officers looked for suspects concerned in a close-by auto break-in.
Minutes earlier, at about 2:45 a.m., a 911 caller reported seeing two males as half of a bigger group touring in three autos breaking right into a automobile close to Balmoral Avenue and Winthrop Avenue in Edgewater, in keeping with police dispatch data. A responding officer then noticed three autos operating cease indicators and fleeing southbound from the world.
Officers had been actively trying to find these autos when the crash occurred round 2:56 a.m. within the 3600 block of North Racine Avenue.
In an announcement, police stated a marked CPD squad automobile was touring south on Racine Avenue when a stolen Hyundai Elantra disregarded a cease signal and struck the police automobile within the intersection.
The power of the collision pushed the police car onto the sidewalk and right into a tree. The Elantra continued ahead and struck three parked autos, authorities stated.
Each officers contained in the squad automobile sustained severe accidents. They had been transported by fellow officers to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Heart, the place they had been handled for his or her accidents.
The motive force of the Hyundai, an 18-year-old male, was discovered unresponsive on the scene and brought to Masonic by the Chicago Fireplace Division. He was later positioned into police custody with felony expenses and visitors citations pending, police stated.
A preliminary report indicated the Hyundai had a peeled steering column and was outfitted with a license plate registered to a special car, each widespread indicators {that a} car is stolen.
CPD’s Main Accident Investigation Unit is dealing with the case.
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