Man Killed When Car Strikes Pole

CHICAGO (STMW) - A 27-year-old man was killed and another man seriously injured when a vehicle crashed into a pole early Sunday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

The vehicle struck a pole about 3:50 a.m. in the 5800 block of South Racine Avenue, said police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro, citing preliminary information.

Two people were inside the vehicle, police said. Jermaine Mitchell, 27, of an unknown address, was killed in the crash, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. He was dead on the scene.

A man in his 20s was taken from the crash in serious condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, police said.

The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating.

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