A man was killed and nine others were injured in a high-speed crash in West Englewood Friday night.
Police said an unidentified male driver was traveling eastbound on 59th Street near Ashland when he went through a red light and hit two other vehicles at the intersection. The driver fled the scene leaving behind four people in the car. One passenger, a man in his 20s, suffered blunt force trauma to the body and was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.
A 25-year-old woman in the striking vehicle was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition with blunt force injuries. A 15-year-old girl in the same car suffered a spinal fracture and was transported to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition. Police said a 16-year-old girl was also transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition with a femur fracture.
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