Woman injured after car carrying 5 children crashes into building in Lawndale

The woman lost control in the 3500 block of West 12th Place, jumped the curb and crashed into a residential building.

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people were killed in separate crashes across the Chicago area during a winter storm early Saturday. — A woman was injured May 3, 2021, after a car she was driving crashed into a residential building in the 3500 block of West 12th Place.

A woman was injured when a car carrying five children crashed into a building Monday in Lawndale on the West Side.

The woman, 30, lost control in the 3500 block of West 12th Place, jumped the curb and crashed into a residential building, Chicago police said.

The woman broke her collar bone and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was in good condition, police said. Two boys, 9 and 4, and three girls, 7, 6, and 5, were in the car but not injured.

The children were taken to Stroger Hospital as a precaution, police said.

The woman was not cited.

Next Up In News

Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports