CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Three people died and two others were hurt Wednesday when a vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant and then a tree in Ashburn on the Southwest Side.
No one inside the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt when the driver lost control at about 3 a.m. in the 3300 block of West 87th Street, Chicago police said.
Four of the five people inside the vehicle were ejected, police said.
The 24-year-old female driver of the vehicle died at the scene, while an 18-year-old man and an unidentified female were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where they also died, police said.
Officials say 3 people were killed in a one-car crash overnight on 87th St. just west of Kedzie. The crash happened on the city’s border with Evergreen Park, across the street from Evergreen Cemetery. @WBBMNewsradio pic.twitter.com/LKo2N4y14y
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June 17, 2020 Two other women, ages 19 and 20, were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in fair condition, police said.
Area One detectives are investigating the crash.
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