CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A man was killed in a car fire after backing his car into a utility pole when he heard gunshots early Saturday in Austin.
He was driving south in an alley in the 5400 block of West Jackson Boulevard when he and a passenger heard gunshots and the driver backed into a utility pole, causing the car to catch fire, Chicago police said.
The passenger, only identified as a male, escaped the car before it became engulfed in flames, police said.
Officers responding to a traffic crash about 1 a.m. found the man in the driver’s seat. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
No other injuries, and no arrests were reported.
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