Crime News Metro/State

1 killed, 1 critically injured in scooter-car crash in Belmont Cragin

Two men were on a gas-powered scooter in the 2300 block of North Cicero Avenue about 12:42 a.m. Monday when they hit the side of a gray sedan, police said

By Violet Miller

Updated

A man was killed and one other was injured in a crash between a car and a gas-powered scooter in Belmont Cragin early Monday morning.

Two men were riding north on a gas-powered scooter in the 2300 block of North Cicero Avenue about 12:42 a.m. when they hit the side of a gray sedan traveling westbound on Belden Avenue, police said.

Ganchozo Jesus Rodriguez, 28, and another man were taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. Rodriguez was pronounced dead hours later.

The driver of the sedan wasn’t injured.

Citations are pending, according to police.

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