2 killed in crash in Brighton Park

Two teens were traveling south in the 4300 block of South Archer Avenue when the driver lost control of the car and crashed into a building, police said.

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Two teens were killed when their car crashed into a building late Sunday night in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.

Rene Salto, 18, was driving south in the 4300 block of South Archer Avenue when he lost control of the car and crashed into the building about 11 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He and a 17-year-old girl in the car were transported in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, police and the medical examiner’s office said.

The girl was identified as Jacqueline Franco by the medical examiner’s office.

CPD’s Major Accidents Unit are investigating.

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