Car Chase, Gunfire and Violent Crash Leaves 2 Teens Hospitalized

Two teens were hospitalized following a wild car chase that ended with a violent crash.

One of the 16-year-olds suffered a broken femur in the Monday evening wreck near the corner of Oak Avenue and Briggs Street outside Lockport. He was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox and then transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The other 16-year-old stayed put at Silver Cross.

Will County deputies investigating the crash were told the blue Saturn the two teens were riding in was being chased by a silver car just before the crash.

“Witnesses advised that the occupants of the blue Saturn had been hanging out of the window and shooting at the silver vehicle,” police said. “The blue Saturn left the roadway and rolled over down a slight embankment.

One of the injured teens was ejected from the Saturn when it flipped and rolled over. The other remained in the vehicle.

“All involved parties are being uncooperative at this time, and the investigation is ongoing,” police said. “As of this time the other vehicle or its occupants have yet to be identified.”