2 Killed In Lake Shore Drive Crash, Donations Sought For Funerals

CHICAGO — Two families are seeking donations for their loved ones’ funerals after a driver and passenger were killed in a crash Monday on Lake Shore Drive, according to authorities.

The Chicago Sun-Times identified the victims as Jalean Ewing-Gibbs and Jaida Rosado Colon, both 24.

Colon was a go-getter with a positive attitude, according to a GoFundMe to raise money for her services. Ewing-Gibbs had a bright smile and “was always willing to help,” said a GoFundMe to pay for his burial.

Gibbs was driving a Nissan sedan southbound around 8:45 p.m. in the 3000 block of South Lake Shore Drive when his vehicle was struck by a Chevrolet sedan, causing the Nissan to hit a tree, according to police. Gibbs and Colon, a passenger in the Nissan, were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where they were both pronounced dead, police said.

The crash also left two 21-year-old women in the Nissan in critical condition, according to police, who said a man and woman in the Chevrolet were taken to a hospital in fair condition.

The Chevrolet struck a median and its driver was arrested, the Sun-Times reported.