A woman who was killed in a crash early Saturday in the Englewood neighborhood when the driver of an SUV collided with her car while speeding from a police stop has been identified.
At 1:05 a.m., officers on patrol heard gunshots and stopped a white Kia SUV as it came out of an alley in the 5700 block of South LaSalle, according to Chicago Police.
A passenger in the SUV, 29-year-old Richard Johnson, was told to get out of the vehicle while officers investigated, police said. When Johnson stepped out, the male driver of the SUV sped away southbound and crashed into a Ford Focus in the 5900 block of South LaSalle.
The driver of the SUV ran off after the crash and has not been located, police said.
The driver of the Ford, 47-year-old Stacy Vaughn, was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:29 a.m., police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. She lived in the South Side Park Manor neighborhood.
An autopsy Saturday found she died of blunt force injuries suffered in the crash, and her death was ruled an accident, according to the medical examiner’s office.
A 21-year-old woman who was a passenger in the Ford was taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, police said.
Another 21-year-old woman, a passenger in the SUV, was taken to St. Bernard Hospital in good condition, police said. She was later released without charges.
Inside the SUV, investigators found ammunition and a handgun in the glovebox, police said. Johnson was charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of ammunition without a valid state-issued FOID card.
The Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating.
