West suburban carjacking suspect evades police in wild chase
NORTH RIVERSIDE (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Police in North Riverside pursued a car Wednesday night, and the driver crashed and injured a man and then escaped.
It was about 6 p.m. when police were conducting a traffic stop. They said it was related to a crime committed earlier at the North Riverside Park Mall, possibly a carjacking.
The driver sped away and crashed into a bus stop near Harlem avenue and Cermak Road. A pedestrian was injured. The driver took off on foot. This was in Berwyn.
Police set up a perimeter, and at least one K-9 was involved. A helicopter was overhead.
While police were searching for the man, witnesses told CBS News Chicago he then carjacked a minivan and sped away again.
The van was later found abandoned in North Riverside.
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