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One person was killed and five others were injured in a four-vehicle crash on Chicago’s Southwest Side, according to police.

According to Chicago police, one person was killed and five others were injured in a crash involving at least four vehicles in the Ashburn neighborhood on Wednesday night.

According to police, the crash happened around 9:15 p.m. in the 3600-block of West Columbus Avenue.

A black Nissan was driving north on Columbus when it collided with a Mazda in the intersection at 83rd Street, according to police. According to investigators, the Nissan was attempting to make a left turn.

According to police, a third vehicle was also involved in the crash after being rear-ended by the Nissan. According to police, a fourth vehicle traveling southbound then collided with the vehicles.

Two men in the Mazda were transported in critical condition to Advocate Christ Hospital, where one of them later died.

The driver of the Nissan was taken to Advocate Christ Hospital in critical condition.

Two women in the third vehicle received minor injuries and were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition. According to police, the driver of the fourth vehicle suffered minor injuries and was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital in good condition.

Area One detectives are looking into it.

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2 killed when van flips over Stevenson Expressway embankment

Two men were killed and another was critically injured in a Monday evening crash on the Stevenson Expressway, Chicago fire officials said.

According to fire officials, the crash occurred on Interstate 55 inbound near Cicero Avenue on the city’s Southwest Side. A van previously on I-55 flipped over an embankment, ejecting three people.

Two men, 26 and 30 years old, were found dead on the scene, fire officials said. In critical condition, a 42-year-old man was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital.

One of the victims was identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Victor Gordian, 26, of Chicago.

Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the crash.

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According to Chicago police, a man was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street in Greektown.

A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Chicago’s West Side on Saturday morning, according to police.

The collision occurred at the intersection of West Washington Boulevard and North Green Street in the Greektown neighborhood around 1:06 a.m., according to police.

A witness reported seeing a black Mercedes run a stop sign and collide with a 25-year-old man crossing the street. The Mercedes drove east on Washington Boulevard.

According to police, the victim suffered blunt force trauma to the entire body and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police are looking for a four-door Mercedes-Benz sedan from 2006 to 2010, which may be missing the passenger sideview mirror and may have some front-end damage.

Major Accidents was on the scene looking into the incident. There is no one detained.

Police did not immediately release any additional information about the crash.

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Chicago police: 78-year-old woman killed in NW Side crash identified; 6 others, including children, injured

A 78-year-old woman died Tuesday night in a crash on Chicago’s Northwest Side that injured six others, including children.

The accident happened around 7:52 p.m. in the 3400 block of West Peterson Avenue.

According to police, a 46-year-old man was driving east on Peterson Avenue with five passengers when his vehicle was struck in the intersection by an 18-year-old in a sedan.

The 78-year-old passenger was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She has been identified as Zainab Suboh.

Both drivers were taken to the hospital in fair condition, but a 36-year-old woman and an 81-year-old man were taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Two children, a three-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl, were transported in fair condition to Lurie Children’s Hospital.

The investigation into the crash is still ongoing, according to police.

According to a relative of some of the victims, the family was traveling from Indiana to visit other family members for dinner.

The crash is being investigated by the Chicago Police Major Accidents Unit.

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An Orland Park man was sentenced in a 2017 Beecher crash that killed a pregnant woman and three children.

A young pregnant mother and her three young children were killed in a terrible car accident in Beecher, Illinois.

Sean Woulfe, 30, of Orland Park, pleaded guilty to five counts of reckless homicide last year after the judge in his trial declared a mistrial.

He was sentenced to two years in prison for each death on Wednesday, to be served concurrently.

Lindsey Schmidt, 29, was killed in an August 2017 crash on a quiet road in Beecher, along with her unborn child and her three sons, ages 1, 4, and 7.

Woulfe was allegedly going more than 80 mph when his pickup ran a stop sign and collided with the family’s Subaru Outback on their way to vacation bible school.

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Two siblings were killed in a Kane County collision involving an 18-year-old who was high on marijuana and driving too fast, according to records.

According to the Daily Herald, an 18-year-old man from Plato Township has been charged in connection with a school bus crash that killed two siblings in Kane County on Halloween.

Tyler A. Schmidt was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of drugs and reckless homicide; speeding and failing to slow down to avoid a collision; felony aggravated driving under the influence of drugs causing great bodily harm to a minor passenger; felony aggravated reckless driving “with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons,” exceeding the speed limit; and failing to slow down to avoid collision with a school bus that was stopped to drop off students.

According to public records, the charges were sealed from public disclosure pending Schmidt’s arrest.

According to court documents, Schmidt was under the influence of marijuana during the accident.

According to the report, Schmidt was arrested on December 27, 21 days after a warrant was issued.

Using data from the vehicle’s black box and accident reconstruction, Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain estimated that Schmidt was traveling 5 to 8 miles over the 45-mile-per-hour speed limit on Empire Road in Campton Township at the time of the collision.

Emil, 19, and Grace, 20, Diewald, were passengers in Schmidt’s 2013 Lexus SUV.

A 17-year-old girl from South Elgin was also in the vehicle and was airlifted to Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, but there are no reports on her condition.

Kane County officials reported no injuries on the school bus transporting Lily Lake Elementary School students home.

At a November vigil, many spoke of the siblings’ positive spirit and loving hearts.

According to court records, Schmidt is being held in the Kane County jail on a $100,000 bond, with $10,000 or 10% required to be released on bail.

On January 6, he is scheduled to appear in court.

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A child was ejected from a vehicle and killed in a rollover crash on I-55, according to Illinois State Police.

According to Illinois State Police, a child was killed in an early Sunday morning crash on Interstate 55 in Cook County.

According to ISP, the crash occurred around 3:15 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Stevenson Expressway near Harlem Avenue in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge neighborhood. A 12-year-old was a passenger in a vehicle when it lost control and rolled over for unknown reasons.

According to ISP, the child who was ejected from the vehicle was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

According to ISP, all northbound lanes were closed for the crash investigation, and traffic was rerouted at Harlem Avenue. Police did not immediately release any additional information about the crash.

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