Elderly woman hurt in Lake Shore Drive crash in Hyde Park

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Police investigate a single-vehicle crash Sunday in the 5900 block of South Lake Shore Drive. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

An elderly woman was injured early Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on Lake Shore Drive in the South Side Hyde Park neighborhood.

The woman, whose exact age wasn’t known, was hurt when a Lincoln MKT crashed into a light pole at 1:41 a.m. in the 5900 block of South Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago police and Chicago Fire Media Affairs. It was unclear whether the woman was driving.

She was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where her condition was stabilized, Fire Media Affairs said.

No further information was immediately made available.

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