Crime & Safety

2 Kids In Critical Condition After Crash At 49th And King

A car wreck at 49th and King Drive sent two young children to the hospital in critical condition.

CHICAGO, IL - Two children were among those injured in a Friday morning crash at the corner of 49th Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in Bronzeville.

A three-year-old girl had to be revived several times after the crash shortly after 6 a.m., according to an ABC-7-Chicago report. The girl was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition, fire officials said.

Also taken to Comer was a six-year-old boy who was in critical but stable condition.

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A 23-year-old woman who was driving in one of the two cars involved in the crash was hospitalized in stable condition.

The driver of the other car, a man, refused medical treatment.

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