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A automotive dashing down a Chicago road within the mistaken path Wednesday slammed into a number of different autos at an intersection, killing its two occupants and injuring 16 folks, together with seven youngsters, police mentioned.
The car, a Dodge Charger, was touring “at a really excessive price of velocity” the mistaken manner northbound in a southbound lane in Chicago’s South Aspect round 5 p.m. Wednesday, Chicago Police Division Superintendent David Brown mentioned at a information convention.
The Charger hit seven different autos when it entered the intersection and burst into flames following the collision, Brown mentioned. Its two occupants have been killed.
The 16 folks injured have been taken to space hospitals, he mentioned. An replace on their circumstances was unavailable on the time.
The Charger been reported stolen in Markham, a southern suburb of Chicago, earlier Wednesday and a protracted rifle was discovered contained in the car, Brown mentioned.
On the information convention following the crash, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot urged drivers to decelerate on metropolis streets.
“Clearly it is a horrible tragedy coming because it does on the eve of Thanksgiving,” Lightfoot mentioned. “Whenever you’re going at that top price of velocity, anybody that you just hit, whether or not it’s a automotive or a pedestrian, you considerably diminish their capacity to outlive.”
Investigators are working to find out precisely how briskly the Charger was touring earlier than the crash, Brown mentioned. Site visitors cameras within the space caught a part of the car’s journey, he famous.