Seven people were injured after a vehicle with six passengers inside flew off a road in Chicago on Sept. 4, and crashed into construction equipment.
The driver lost control of the Tahoe and the SUV flew off Lake Shore Drive and landed on construction equipment below.
Witness Accounts
People in the area said they heard a loud bang and rushed over to see what had caused it.“I live right across the street in a high rise and I heard a screech and I came to the window and I saw the car trying to make a wild turn and it looks like they went under the bridge,” witness Alijah told WLS.
Mateo Watson, a passerby who assisted a group helping the victims get out of the vehicle, said two of the passengers were badly hurt.
Injured Rushed to Hospitals
The seven victims were taken to three different area hospitals, reported WGN.The victims have not been identified by name.
There were five women in the vehicle ranging from 19 to 24 years old; while the two men inside were aged 30 and 40, respectively.
None of the injuries were classified as life-threatening.
Lake Shore Drive Speeding
Lake Shore Drive is the top road in terms of speeding tickets issued, according to Chicago police data.As a whole, Lake Shore Drive accounts for more than half of the high-speed tickets issued in the city.
“The number of tickets issued on Lake Shore Drive points to a long-standing problem—with four lanes in each direction along most of the road, the drive looks and feels like a highway, though it was intended as a scenic boulevard and in some places has no guardrails or emergency shoulders,” the Tribune noted.
“The maximum speed limit is 40 mph on the North Side and 45 mph on the South, but up to 95 percent of drivers exceed the limit when the road is not congested, according to an Illinois Department of Transportation study.”
