Two people are dead and 16 others injured after a speeding stolen car driving the wrong way down a Chicago street caused a horrific and fiery pile-up Wednesday night, police said.
The crash unfolded when the Dodge Charger collided with seven different vehicles while trying to speed through an intersection in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood at about 5 p.m., the Chicago Tribune reported.
The Dodge, which had been reported stolen earlier in the day, caught fire in the middle of the intersection — killing the two people inside.
Seven children and nine adults had to be hospitalized as a result of the crash…
Yes, the two in the Dodge Charger (ie the purps who stole the car and CAUSED the entire ordeal) are deceased.
Per Chicago police: “The driver of a stolen Dodge Charger, traveling the wrong way with a gun in their vehicle, plowed into 7 cars at the intersection. The Charger burst into flames, killing both occupants.”
Per Police scanners, victims are “burned beyond recognition“.