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1 dead, 1 injured after crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Douglas

A red sedan was going south in the northbound lanes of the 3300 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive when it struck a dark SUV, Chicago police said.

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Three people were killed in separate crashes across the Chicago area during a winter storm early Saturday.

A man was dead after a crash Feb. 5, 2023 on the South Side.

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A man was dead and another was injured after a crash early Sunday on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Douglas on the South Side.

About 4:25 a.m., a red sedan was going south in the northbound lanes of the 3300 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive when it struck a dark SUV going north, Chicago police said.

Sherekhan Brandon, 37, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

A second man, 38, was taken to the same hospital where his condition was stabilized.

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