Boy, 14, killed when car slams into light pole in Avondale hit-and-run

SHARE Boy, 14, killed when car slams into light pole in Avondale hit-and-run
screen_shot_2018_08_29_at_10_19_18_am_e1535556029599.png

2800 block of North Western | Google Maps

A teenage boy was killed and two others were injured in a hit-and-run crash early Wednesday in the Avondale neighborhood on the Northwest Side.

Five teen boys were inside a car when it crashed into a light pole shortly after 4 a.m. in the 2800 block of North Western, according to Chicago police. The driver – described as a 6-foot-2, 17-year-old boy with dreadlocks – and the front-seat passenger, 16, ran away after the crash.

One of the back-seat passengers, 14-year-old Edward Love Jr., suffered blunt head trauma and was pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

A 14-year-old boy suffered a shoulder injury while another 15-year-old suffered an injury to his jaw, police said. They were both taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where their conditions were stabilized.

The Latest
Four from North Central have combined to capture six national titles since the program’s inception, and six are scheduled to compete next month in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Penn State.
The Bulls have 13 games left in the regular season and an opportunity to break even when they visit the Rockets on Thursday.
“Joakim [Noah] is very driven and motivated,” coach Billy Donovan said. “He’s all about the team, about winning. You can put Coby and Ayo into that category in terms of how they view things.”
Maybe Fields will develop with the Steelers, become a franchise star. It’s more likely he’ll be an updated Mitch Trubisky.