Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
An elderly woman died and at least six others, including two children, were wounded in a crash on Chicago’s Northwest Side Tuesday evening in the 3400 block of West Peterson that involved at least two vehicles — a KIA SUV driven by a 46-year-old man and a Saturn sedan driven by an 18-year-old man.
Police said the 46-year-old was traveling eastbound on Peterson with five passengers when the vehicle was struck by the 18-year-old as they entered the intersection.
Fire officials initially said a total of eight victims were taken to area hospitals, with seven of them in serious-to-critical condition, but police later said seven people were injured.
Among them was a 78-year-old woman, who was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. She was identified as Zainab Suboh of Highland, Indiana.
The 46-year-old driver was taken to Lutheran General in fair condition, along with a 36-year-old woman. An 81-year-old passenger was also taken to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition. Two children, ages 3 and 7, were transported to Lurie Children’s Hospital in fair condition.
The 18-year-old driver of the Saturn sedan was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in fair condition.
The Major Accidents unit is investigating the crash.
#1 by Bill Post on March 23, 2023 - 10:52 AM
Two evenings ago when the accident occured I had heard a fire siren so I had looked out my window (as I often do) to see what it was and to my surprise it was Engine 71 going east bound on Touhy avenue from the vicinity of the bridge between Kedzie and Mc Cormick. As Engine 71 rarely approaches from the west I had thought that perhaps it was a different Engine company going on a change of quarters east to Engine 102. I had turned on the Chicago fire department north channel and it turned out that it was Engine 71 on its way to St Francis hospital as it turned out that one of its crew evidently had ridden in one of the Ambulances from the scene of the accident on Peterson. That itself told me that was a bad accident as not only did they have to request a plan one for the accident but they needed to special call Engine 71 which was an ALS Engine and wasn’t normally the first due Engine on the scene of the accident. There already was a 7 Ambulance response to the accident.
A 78 year Old woman was pronounced at St Francis hospital and I hope that the others survive and recover.