7 hurt in crash after driver runs red light on Chicago's Near North Side

Early morning crash in Streeterville sends 7 people to hospitals

Seven people were taken to the hospital after a crash on the city's Near North Side early Thursday morning.

It happened around 3:48 a.m. in the 0-100 block of N. LaSalle Drive.

Chicago police said a red Honda was heading eastbound when it disregarded a solid red traffic signal and hit another vehicle.

Three individuals from the Honda, two 21-year-old men and a 20-year-old woman, were taken to Northwestern Hospital.

The driver of the second vehicle, a 38-year-old man, was also taken to Northwestern.

Three passengers from that vehicle, two men, 23 and 30, and a 29-year-old woman, were taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital.

Their conditions were unknown, but police said they all were stabilized.  

No citations were issued.

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