6 Injured, 3 Arrested After Car Crashes While Fleeing Police In Fifth City
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Six people were injured, including two children, after a car trying to flee a traffic stop crashed into another vehicle in the Fifth City neighborhood. Three people in the fleeing car were arrested.
Police said officers were trying to pull over a silver sedan for a minor traffic violation around 8:45 p.m. near Homan and Congress, when the car lost control and crashed into a truck.
The people inside the car tried to run away, but officers arrested them after a chase. They suffered minor injuries in the crash, police said.
A man and two male children in the truck also were injured in the crash, and were taken to Stroger Hospital for treatment. Police said their injuries were not life-threatening.
Area Central detectives were investigating.