Driver dead, passenger injured in Southwest Side wreck
A driver was dead and a passenger injured after a car struck a pole early Thursday on the Southwest Side.Around 3:10 a.m., a 41-year-old woman was behind the wheel of a Nissan Altima traveling north in the 7700 block of South Cicero Avenue when she lost control and rammed into a pole, Chicago police said. The woman was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where she was pronounced dead, police said. The passenger, a 35-year-old man, suffered "minor" injuries and was taken to the same hospital in fair condition, officials said. The Major Accident Investigation Unit was investigating.
A driver was dead and a passenger injured after a car struck a pole early Thursday on the Southwest Side.
Around 3:10 a.m., a 41-year-old woman was behind the wheel of a Nissan Altima traveling north in the 7700 block of South Cicero Avenue when she lost control and rammed into a pole, Chicago police said.
The woman was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where she was pronounced dead, police said.
The passenger, a 35-year-old man, suffered "minor" injuries and was taken to the same hospital in fair condition, officials said.
The Major Accident Investigation Unit was investigating.
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