A 17-year-old boy died and three others were injured in a traffic crash in West Englewood Sunday night, Chicago police said.
The teen was the passenger in a white SUV that ignored a traffic signal and was struck by a gray SUV in the middle of an intersection in the 7100 block of South Ashland Avenue at just after 10 p.m. Sunday, according to police.
He and the driver, a 40-year-old man, were both transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where the teen was pronounced dead, Chicago police said. The older man was brought to the hospital in serious condition.
The driver and passenger of the gray SUV, a 27-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man, respectively, were both transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center, Chicago police said. The woman sustained a concussion and the man’s hip was injured.
Traffic citations are pending. Police are investigating the incident.
