CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Two people were killed and several other motorists were injured in a crash Saturday evening after a driver fled a traffic stop in Austin on the West Side, authorities said.
Officers tried to stop a 2012 Kia sedan about 9:20 p.m. in the 4800 block of West Chicago Avenue in Austin, according to preliminary information from Chicago police. The male driver fled southbound on Pulaski Road "at a high rate of speed" and hit a 2007 Honda CRV head-on.
Jaquan T. Shockley, 17, in the Kia died, police and Cook County medical examiner's office said. A second person in the vehicle was later pronounced dead.
Two women in the Honda, a 38-year-old and an 18-year-old, were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, police said. A 16-year-old girl who was also in the Honda was taken to Stroger Hospital. All three are in serious condition.
Chicago police's Major Accidents unit is investigating.
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