Traffic & Transit
Driver In Custody After Two North Side Crashes: Police
The accidents caused major delays along Lake Shore Drive during the Thursday morning commute.
CHICAGO, IL — A person is in custody after two crashes on Chicago's North Side Thursday morning. One of the crashes involved a wrong-way driver, police said. The accidents caused major delays along Lake Shore Drive.
The offender's car hit the wrong-way driver's vehicle on Lake Shore Drive in Uptown, police said. The offender immediately drove off south without stopping, according to police.
The victim of the hit-and-run crash wasn't hurt, police said.
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The offender then got into a two-vehicle crash just past Montrose Avenue around 8 a.m., police said.
Injuries were reported, and three vehicles were towed off Lake Shore Drive, according to a report by ABC 7. A black Mercedes sedan, a silver Toyota and a white Nissan were towed off Lake Shore at Montrose, according to the report.
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Police didn't release information about how many people were injured or the nature of the injuries.
The hit-and-run driver was taken into custody, police said.
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