2 Killed, 16 Injured In Wrong-Way Crash On Chicago's South Side: Report

CHICAGO, IL — A car driven by a driver traveling the wrong way careened into several other vehicles at an intersection in Chicago and killed two people inside, as well as injured 16 others, including seven children, CNN reported.

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said that a Dodge Charger had been traveling “at a very high rate of speed” the wrong way northbound in a southbound lane in Chicago’s South Side at about 5 p.m. Wednesday just before the crash, according to the outlet.

It ended up hitting seven other vehicles when it entered the intersection and then burst into flames after the crash, killing the two people inside, the outlet reported.

Sixteen people, including two baby girls — a 10-month-old and four-year-old — as well as a six-year-old boy, were injured and were taken to area hospitals, but as of Thursday morning, 11 of those people were still in hospitals, police told the outlet.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called the crash "a horrible tragedy coming as it does on the eve of Thanksgiving," according to CNN.

“When you’re going at that high rate of speed, anyone that you hit, whether it’s a car or a pedestrian, you significantly diminish their ability to survive.”

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