Child Hurt, Man Killed in Crash During Chicago Pursuit

April 13, 2014
An infant was injured and a 26-year-old man was killed when the car they were in fled police officers who saw someone inside firing a gun in Humboldt Park late Friday.

An infant was injured and a 26-year-old man was killed when the car they were in fled police officers who saw someone inside firing a gun in Humboldt Park late Friday, police said.

The boy, whose age was unavailable, is in stable condition. He was taken to Lurie Children's Hospital, police said. Police found a revolver in the car.

A baby bottle sat next to a flannel shirt among other debris from the crash. The hood of the car had a light-pole sized dent in the front of the hood.

The car caught fire after the crash and police pulled a number of the occupants out. At least one had to be cut out by firefighters, who removed a door that ended up leaning against a currency exchange.

The chase started when officers in the 2500 block of West Division Street saw someone shooting from a white PT Cruiser and tried to stop it about 9:50 p.m., police said.

The car took off, police pursued and the car, travelling eastbound, crashed just west of Ashland Avenue on Grand Avenue. The car's front end hit the pole and it appeared that the back end swung around into a brick wall next to the sidewalk. Police were behind the car when it crashed.

The driver, Rigoberto Llera and two female passengers and the infant child were in the car when it wrecked.

Llera, of the 7600 block of North Bosworth Avenue, was pronounced dead after the crash about 10:45 p.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the medical examiner's office.

An autopsy conducted today determined that Llrts died of multiple injuries sustained when the automobile he was driving struck a fixed object, according to the office. His death was ruled an accident.

Ages weren't available on the two females who were taken to area hospitals.

A man who lives across from the crash said he saw one person who had to be extricated from the car. The infant was in a child seat at the time of the crash, he said.

Copyright 2014 - Chicago Tribune

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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