1 in custody after 5 kids, Chicago police officer injured in Back of the Yards crash, CPD says

The crash occurred within the 700 block of West Root Road at about 6:55 p.m., Chicago police mentioned.

A 29-year-old man was driving a white SUV northbound on Halsted at a excessive velocity when he disregarded a visitors mild and struck the driving force’s aspect of a minivan, which a 29-year-old lady was driving westbound on Root Road, police mentioned. The minivan then got here to a cease after placing a close-by pole.

The SUV then struck a sedan, which was stopped on the mild on Root Road, pushing right into a squad automotive, police mentioned. An officer within the squad automotive sustained an arm damage was transported to a close-by hospital in good situation.

5 youngsters, three boys and two ladies, had been transported to Comer Kids’s Hospital for minor accidents all in good situation, police mentioned.

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The sedan’s driver refused medical consideration.

The SUV’s driver was taken into custody and Space One detectives are investigating.

Police haven’t launched info on the incident.