Shortly after 12:15 p.m. Sunday, a Honda SUV traveling east on Northwest Highway crossed the westbound lanes of traffic, exited the road and struck the two pedestrians and a building.
Police are investigating a deadly car crash that killed two pedestrians Sunday afternoon in Des Plaines.
Shortly after 12:15 p.m. Sunday, a Honda SUV traveling east on Northwest Highway crossed the westbound lanes of traffic, exited the road and struck the two pedestrians, a 80-year-old and a 42-year-old, and a building in the 400 block of Northwest Highway, according to police.Both pedestrians were taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, where they died of their injuries, according to information by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The 80-year-old was pronounced at 12:35 p.m.
Police said the driver of the SUV, a 71-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. There were two children in the van at the time of the crash, but neither suffered any serious injuries, according to police.The Des Plaines Fire Department worked with Nicor Gas to secure the area Sunday afternoon, given that the crash resulted in a gas leak in a building, according to police.
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