Killed two nuns

3 DEAD, 11 INJURED IN OAK LAWN CRASH



Three people are dead and 11 others are injured in a multivehicle crash in south suburban Oak Lawn.EMBEDBy Sarah SchulteSunday, October 05, 2014OAK LAWN, Ill. (WLS) --Three people are dead and 11 others are injured in a multivehicle crash in south suburban Oak Lawn.The accident involving 11 vehicles happened approximately 4:27 Sunday afternoon near 95th Street and Cicero Avenue, Oak Lawn police said.

A good portion of 95th Street remained closed Sunday night. Witnesses said the driver of a pickup truck was driving erratically westbound on 95th Street at 80-100 miles per hour. As he approached the light at Cicero, he went through the red light, and then veered into the traffic stopped at the red light in the eastbound lanes, striking several vehicles. the driver of the truck is among those killed.

 "It was one of those things like out of a movie where you see it happening but there's nothing you can really do to stop it," said witness Olga Little. "When he hit the cars he maybe flipped over about three of them. It was a horrible scene that I probably will never forget.

"Police said that the driver of the pickup truck was involved in two other incidents right before he plowed into several cars."We believe that there was an encounter with somebody who was also in traffic at 95th and Western Avenue," said Randy Palmer, Oak Lawn Police Department. "That individual attempted to make contact with the vehicle and the vehicle left the area at that time. We also believe that the vehicle might be involved in another crash at 95th and Keeler.

"Two of the injured are in critical condition and eight are being treated for minor injuries. One of the victims is in what officials at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn are describing as non-critical condition.Police say it will be several hours before 95th Street near Cicero will reopen.The Medical Examiner does not have the names of the three people who were killed. Oak Lawn Police said they will have more information at a 9:30 Monday morning press conference. The Oak Lawn Accident Investigative Unit is investigating the crash. 

Frank had a few too many margaritas on the return flight.

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Free publicity for Webb Chevy.

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I'm not trying to make a joke, but it is actually somewhat impressive that the guy was able to get up to 80MPH+ given how busy 95th St is.

This is quite a sad story. Some of the pictures look like something out of a movie. Cars are just absolutely destroyed.

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In one of the stories posted I saw what looked like a Red Light camera perspective from just before that asshole wrecked into those people and it looked like he was in the oncoming (eastbound) lanes before the light. He must have jogged over by the intersection by that famous mediocre burger joint Top Notch...

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My facebook has a couple dispatchers and they were mentioning medical issue.

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Thank God the driver wasn't high on caffeine!

The video on youtube right after the crash happens is strange. You have about a half dozen people walking through the wreckage taking video with their phones. One guy got video of the dead driver sprawled out in the back of his pickup truck. He walks up to the car with the dead nuns but decides to back away and not film what was inside.

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I've been waiting for Rob Bironas pictures to come out

I do not understand how he was able to continue on driving after the first accident he had

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