Rosemont police chase ends in Schiller Park crash; suspect injured
SCHILLER PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- One person was taken to a hospital after a Rosemont police pursuit ended in a crash in Schiller Park Tuesday morning, police said.
Rosemont police said they had a license plate reader hit on a stolen vehicle just before 9 a.m. near Balmoral Avenue and Interstate 294, and a pursuit began near Pearl and Balmoral avenues.
A silver 2017 Kia Sportage was reported stolen out of Chicago on March 25.
When police tried to pull the car over, it drove on Balmoral toward southbound I-294 and eventually onto southbound Interstate 194.
It exited at Irving Park Road and continued to northbound Mannheim Road, driving through a red light at Lawrence Avenue and hitting another vehicle, just outside of O'Hare airport near the border with Rosemont. police said.
A third vehicle was also involved.
The suspect's vehicle flipped upside-down, and the 24-year-old Chicago man needed to be extricated.
He was taken to Lutheran General Hospital, but his condition was not immediately released, police said.
Schiller Park and Rosemont police and Chicago fire officials responded to the incident.
Charges are pending, Rosemont police said.
