Crime & Safety
Man Charged With Homicide In Oak Park Car Crash: Cops
Police said the vehicle the man was driving crashed into another car, killing a 28-year-old woman.
OAK PARK, IL — A 25-year-old man has been charged with homicide after a crash in Oak Park left one woman dead and her passenger in critical condition, police said.
Kendall R. Harrison, of Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood, was charged with one count of reckless homicide and two counts of aggravated driving under the influence, police said.
Harrison's SUV was stopped by an officer on South Boulevard near Humphrey Avenue just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. As the officer walked up to the vehicle, Harrison sped westbound and ran a red light, police said.
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He then crashed into a westbound sedan, according to police.
Harrison then jumped out of the SUV and tried to run away, police said, but was caught and taken into custody.
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The Oak Park Fire Department took the sedan's driver, a 28-year-old woman, and her passenger to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where the driver died. The passenger suffered multiple fractures and was in critical condition.
Harrison was scheduled to appear at a bond hearing Tuesday.
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