2 dead, 1 critical after multi-car crash in Austin neighborhood

CHICAGO (WGN) — Two men are dead and a woman is critical after a three-vehicle crash on the City's West Side early Sunday morning. According to the Chicago Police Department, the crash happened around 2:10 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Central Avenue. Police said officers in the Austin neighborhood were heading to a call to service when they saw a dark colored sedan speeding southbound on Central Avenue. They relayed what they saw to dispatch and continued toward their original call to service. A short time later, another car—also a dark colored sedan—was traveling eastbound on Augusta Boulevard when they drove through a red light at Central Avenue and hit the dark colored sedan that police said they had seen speeding earlier. After the collision, one of the two vehicles involved in the initial crash hit the front end of a beige minivan that was arriving at the light, before the first two vehicles came to a rest in the yards of two separate residences nearby. The driver of the dark colored sedan that police said ignored a red light on Augusta, a 36-year-old man, and his passenger, a 35-year-old woman, sustained severe trauma from the crash. The 36-year-old man who was driving was treated by the Chicago Fire Department and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The 35-year-old woman was also treated by CFD and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. The driver of the dark colored sedan that officers said they had seen speeding on Central Avenue, a 22-year-old man, also sustained severe trauma to the body. He received CFD treatment before being transported to Stroger Hospital, where he was also pronounced dead. The driver of the beige minivan, a 45-year-old, did not report any injuries and refused medical services, police said. Major Accident Detectives are investigating the circumstances involving the incident. No other information is available at this time.