DRIVING WHILE BLACK IN CHICAGO - 1 killed, 12 injured when car fleeing cops hits van in Englewood

One person was killed and 12 others were injured Saturday evening when three people in a stolen vehicle led Chicago Police on a chase and eventually crashed into a van in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.

The vehicle sped away from police about 5:45 p.m., ran a stop sign then struck the van that was carrying eight people near 71st Street and Carpenter Avenue, according to police


One of the occupants of the van was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed the fatality, but did not release additional details about the victim.

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