Baby dies after Woodlawn crash, police say; video shows car running red light
Parents were driving 6-month-old with breathing problems to hospital before crash, CPD says
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are investigating the death of a 6-month old girl involved in a crash Friday night on the South Side.
It happened at about 9:42 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Cottage Grove in the city's Woodlawn neighborhood.
The mother of the infant spoke to ABC7 and identified her as Jasette Williams.
Surveillance video obtained by ABC7 appears to contradict information that was shared by the Chicago Police Department about which vehicle ran a red light and caused the crash.
According to police, a Chevy SUV ran a red light and crashed into a Ford SUV.
Police said the baby girl was inside the Ford SUV, being driven by her parents to the hospital with breathing difficulties.
Surveillance video from the scene appears to show the black Ford SUV speeding through a red light as the white Chevy SUV proceeded through a green light.
The girl was transported to Comer Children's Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. It's not clear if the crash caused the child's death.
The Chicago Fire Department transported a man and woman in the Ford to University of Chicago Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Another man and woman left the scene on foot before police arrived and did not stay on the scene to offer aid the adults and the baby inside the other vehicle, detectives said.
"The most disturbing part is when people don't render aid and they take off," community activist Andrew Holmes said. "Sometimes that shows, what are you hiding? What are you afraid of? We don't know if the car was stolen or not."
The surveillance video also appears to show the two people from the white Chevy SUV leaving the scene.
Other cars near the scene were also damaged by the initial crash.
"The impact, it hit so hard to where I seen it, I tried to swerve over and get out of the way," said a man whose car was damaged. "The black truck still ended up side swiping my car."
The Major Accidents Unit continues to investigate.
