3 Injured In Crash After Driver Flees Traffic Stop: Police

AURORA, IL — Three people were taken to Aurora-area hospitals Tuesday night after a car crashed into three others shortly after fleeing a traffic stop, according to police.

Officers pulled over a Mazda sedan around 9 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of McCoy Drive and North Eola Road on Aurora’s East Side, police said in a news release. The car then sped away from police and crashed moments later into three vehicles at the intersection of McCoy Drive and Autumn Lake, police said.

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The driver of the Mazda was in critical but stable condition Tuesday night after paramedics pulled him from the wreckage, while a passenger was also rescued and taken to a hospital in fair condition, police said.

A person driving one of the other vehicles was in fair condition when they were taken to the hospital Tuesday night, police said. No one else was injured in the crash.

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Aurora police said the driver of the Mazda had a warrant out for his arrest. He will be charged when he is released from the hospital, police said.

The Tuesday night crash is the second in less than two weeks that happened after a driver tried to flee Aurora police.

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Two people died from injuries they suffered in a crash Jan. 23 near the Aurora Police Department. A 19-year-old Chicago man faces reckless homicide charges after police alleged he crashed a stolen car — killing two passengers — while trying to get away from officers.

Two people in another vehicle suffered minor injuries in that crash.

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APD spokesperson Paris Lewbel told Patch the department consulted with the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force, which investigates officer-involved deaths for law enforcement agencies in the county.

It was determined the two deaths connected to the Jan. 23 crash were not officer-involved deaths because police ended their pursuit and turned off East Indian Trail prior to the fatal crash, Lewbel said.

However, the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force has launched an investigation into the Tuesday night crash as officers were still in pursuit of the Mazda when it crashed, Aurora police said.

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