An off-duty Chicago police officer died in a traffic crash early Saturday in southwest suburban Tinley Park.
Officials responded to the intersection of 179th Street and LaGrange Road about 2:30 a.m., according to Pat Carr, village manager of Tinley Park.
The officer and another driver were taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, where the officer was pronounced dead, according to a village news release.
The Will County coroner’s office identified him as Timothy Siwula. The final cause of death would be determined pending police, autopsy, and toxicological reports, according to the corners office.
The other driver was transferred to Loyola University Medical Center, officials said. His condition wasn’t immediately known.
The Tinley Park Police Department’s Accident Investigation Team was still working the scene late Saturday morning.
