Car Thieves Injured After Crashing 1 Of 2 Stolen Cars: Glencoe Police

GLENCOE, IL — Three car thieves were injured in a crash on the Edens Expressway early Wednesday, minutes after they stole two vehicles in Glencoe, police said.

Police said that a Glencoe resident called police around 4 a.m. Wednesday, saying that someone was in the resident’s vehicle and tried to start the engine. When the resident yelled out at the person, they fled.

The resident told police they had noticed at least 10 more people in the area along with three vehicles, two of which had been stolen from the neighborhood, police said. The group then got into the vehicles and sped off, and Glencoe police officers who were in the area at the time were not able to catch up before the vehicles got on the expressway, police said in a news release.

A short time later, Wilmette police noticed the three vehicles speeding. Officers were able to pull the license plate information before the vehicles were out of the officers’ view. While traveling back to Wilmette, police saw a vehicle that had been involved in a crash near Touhy Avenue near Skokie and determined that the vehicle was one of the three vehicles they had seen minutes earlier, police said.

Three people inside the vehicle were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Glencoe Police determined that two of the three vehicles had been stolen from Glencoe, including the one involved in the crash, police said. Glencoe and Wilmette police are continuing to investigate several vehicle thefts and burglaries related to the incident.

Police have not released any further information about arrests or possible criminal charges, and said they will release more information as it becomes available.