CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police are investigating a car crash that left one woman dead and another injured after an off-duty police officer’s vehicle struck a restaurant.
The crash happened just before 3 a.m. on Sunday.
Authorities allege the officer was cut off by another motorist and crashed into the restaurant to avoid a collision in a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The officer’s vehicle hit two women at the restaurant.
A 34-year-old woman was pinned underneath the car and later pronounced dead at a local hospital. A 35-year-old woman was taken to a hospital for a leg injury.
Police said the off-duty officer was in a personal vehicle at the time of the crash. The officer was hospitalized for a neck injury.
The department’s major accidents team is investigating.
