CHICAGO (WLS) -- Seven people were injured after an SUV slammed into a CTA bus and then caught fire on the West Side, Chicago police said.
The crash occurred at about 11:33 p.m. in the 2000-block of West Taylor Street. Police said an SUV was driving south on Damen Avenue at a high rate of speed when it crashed into the bus as the bus was turning onto Taylor Street.
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Thirteen people were onboard the bus at the time of the crash and seven adults were transported to Stroger Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The 26-year-old man driving the SUV was not injured and is in custody pending a DUI investigation. Area Central detectives are investigating.