West Elsdon crash: SUV hits tree, then grocery store; occupants flee, Chicago police say

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Monday, August 1, 2022
SUV crashes into West Elsdon grocery store; occupants flee: CPD
The car and front of the store appeared to be heavily damaged.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An SUV crashed into a West Elsdon grocery store early Monday morning before its occupants fled, Chicago police said.

CPD said the driver of an Infiniti SUV was traveling south at a high rate of speed on Pulaski Road just after 1 a.m., when he lost control and hit a tree and then the front of a Pete's Market in the 5800-block of South Pulaski.

The people in the SUV ran away, and there are no injuries reported in the incident.

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The car and front of the store appeared to be heavily damaged.

CPD did not immediately release any information about possible charges in the incident.