6-month-old killed, 3 others injured when stolen car crashes into pickup in Chicago's West Garfield Park
CHICAGO - A horrific crash involving a stolen car in Chicago's West Garfield Park on Sunday afternoon killed a baby boy and left his mother and two other children hospitalized.
Shawn Walker’s surveillance cameras caught the entire ordeal. A Ford pickup truck was seen driving northbound on Kostner before it was struck by a stolen Hyundai Sonata. The Sonata came to rest at a light pole, the truck went head on into a large tree.
In the back seat of the truck was a 6-month-old boy.
"The baby wasn't breathing, so we started doing CPR," said Walker. "My main thing was so we could get a pulse back into the baby."
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The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the baby as Cristian Uvidia. He was pronounced dead on Monday afternoon at Stroger Hospital.
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Uvidia turned 6-months-old the day before the crash, family told FOX 32.
Fire crews had to help the family get out of the smashed vehicle. Paramedics rushed them to the hospital, their conditions were listed from serious to critical.
Officers spent more than four hours at the scene reviewing surveillance video and speaking to witnesses.
Mom and three children injured when stolen car crashes into them in Chicago's West Garfield Park
Police said the stolen Hyundai was going westbound on Washington around 5 p.m. when it hit a pickup truck at Kostner. The mother and three children were hospitalized, and relatives told FOX 32 Chicago that the baby girl had the most serious injuries. Nate Rodgers reports.
Two suspects from the stolen Hyundai were taken into custody.
A 14 and 17-year-old boy were charged with possessing a stolen vehicle.