Personal Injury Law

IDOT Vehicle Crash Perhaps Related to Shooting Outside Chicago Club

By Kris Briggs

No one was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed into an Illinois Department of Transportation vehicle following a fight at a club early January 24, 2010 on the West Side.

Around 4 a.m., a vehicle struck a parked car in the 4800 block of West Flournoy Street, and then went on to strike an IDOT tow truck and a fence at the same location, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.

The vehicle finally came to a stop on the 620 block of South Cicero Avenue, approximately a block away from the accident, Mirabelli said.

After the accident, the driver fled on foot toward the Eisenhower Expressway. Officers on the scene noticed a bullet hole on the driver?s side of the vehicle, but are not sure if the bullet hole was old damage or connected to the incident, Mirabelli said.

Sources say a fight did start at a club on Cicero Avenue near the Eisenhower Expressway, shots were fired, and a chase ensued.

There still is no indication that the crash was connected with a previous shooting or a fight at a club and also no indication that there were other passengers in the car, Mirabelli said.

Nobody was hospitalized from the crash, reported Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said. Other sources say that State Police took a person of interest into custody. However, no one has been arrested in connection with the accident and State Police have completed their investigation, according to Illinois State Police District Chicago Sgt. Jason Lococo.

?It?s turning out to be just a crash, no injuries, no arrests as of right now,? Lococo said. He also would not confirm whether or not the incident was linked to a previous shooting or fight.

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Shooting outside club leads to Eisenhower crash with IDOT, Suntimes.com, January 24, 2010

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Law Blog on January 31, 2010 (boomark / email).