CHICAGO -
A 42-year-old woman was killed this morning when two drug suspects fleeing police crashed their vehicle into hers, police said. The two suspects are in custody.
The sequence of events that included several crashes began with a traffic stop in the Woodlawn neighborhood about 7 a.m. by Chicago police and federal Drug Enforcement Agency officers.
Several officers riding in two cars got out of their vehicles at 63rd Street and King Drive and approached a minivan with two male suspects inside, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez.
At that point, the van's driver put the van into reverse and tried to run over the officers, Perez said.
The officers were not hurt. But both police vehicles were rammed.
One of the officers fired a single shot at the van but missed, Perez continued.
The van sped east on 63rd Street where at St. Lawrence Avenue it crashed into a green Pontiac driven by a 42-year-old woman.
She was transported to Stroger Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead at 7:50 a.m. She has not yet been identified.
The minivan kept going and a short distance away struck a second car, a white Dodge Charger driven by an adult man. He declined treatment, Perez said.
After hitting the second car, the two suspects got out of their van and began running. They didn't get far before they were arrested, Perez said.
Both were taken to St. Bernard Hospital for minor injuries sustained during the car crashes.
The city and federal officers involved in the operation were members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas task force.
The sequence of events that included several crashes began with a traffic stop in the Woodlawn neighborhood about 7 a.m. by Chicago police and federal Drug Enforcement Agency officers.
Several officers riding in two cars got out of their vehicles at 63rd Street and King Drive and approached a minivan with two male suspects inside, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez.
At that point, the van's driver put the van into reverse and tried to run over the officers, Perez said.
The officers were not hurt. But both police vehicles were rammed.
One of the officers fired a single shot at the van but missed, Perez continued.
The van sped east on 63rd Street where at St. Lawrence Avenue it crashed into a green Pontiac driven by a 42-year-old woman.
She was transported to Stroger Hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead at 7:50 a.m. She has not yet been identified.
The minivan kept going and a short distance away struck a second car, a white Dodge Charger driven by an adult man. He declined treatment, Perez said.
After hitting the second car, the two suspects got out of their van and began running. They didn't get far before they were arrested, Perez said.
Both were taken to St. Bernard Hospital for minor injuries sustained during the car crashes.
The city and federal officers involved in the operation were members of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas task force.
