2 killed when vehicle hits police car, slams into building
By Alexandra Chachkevitch, Chicago Tribune | |
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"We heard a car breaking and then a boom," said Sanchez, 27. "Next thing we know things were falling on top of us, and we were picking ourselves up from the floor."
Sanchez, 27, who was working on the cashier at Sanchez Tacos at
But two men were killed and a
Police said the black
Two men, whose ages and names were not immediately available, inside the
The police sergeant was taken to
The
At the crash scene, bricks were missing from the northeast corner and from the north side of the building the car crashed into. A squished black
Parts of debris from the crash peppered the
Small pieces of a nearby fire hydrant, smashed by the impact, lay on the southeast corner of the intersection.
Sanchez said as soon as he realized the car crashed into the building, he and the other worker turned off the gas line in the restaurant.
"The grill was on and everything," Sanchez said. "It could have been a lot worse."
Sanchez said the landowner of the space where Sanchez Tacos is located has insurance and should be able to fix the building. But it's unclear how long the repairs would take.
Over three weeks ago, Sanchez recalled watching an unoccupied building on the same block go up in flames, worrying that the blaze would affect his family's restaurant, which has been around for about 10 years.
The extra-alarm fire started early morning on
Watching the crash scene spread out before him early Sunday morning, Sanchez and some of his family members were shaking heads in disbelief.
"It's crazy," Sanchez said.
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