Girl, 17, critically hurt after car crashes into tree in Lake View

Her car jumped a curb shortly after midnight in the 2800 block of North Ashland Avenue, police said.

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

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A 17-year-old girl was critically injured after she lost control of her car and crashed into a tree early Monday in Lake View, police said.

Her car jumped a curb shortly after midnight in the 2800 block of North Ashland Avenue and hit a tree, police said.

She was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she was listed in critical condition, police said.

No one else was injured.

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