Quantcast

The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.
Read the press release here.

Man Killed When SUV Strikes Pole

By DNAinfo Staff on November 20, 2012 7:19am  | Updated on November 20, 2012 8:43am

 Traffic piled up along the northbound lanes of South Damen Avenue early Tuesday after a fatal accident near the intersection of South Damen and South Blue Island avenues.
Traffic piled up along the northbound lanes of South Damen Avenue early Tuesday after a fatal accident near the intersection of South Damen and South Blue Island avenues.
View Full Caption
DNAinfo/Geoff Ziezulewicz

HEART OF CHICAGO — A man was killed Tuesday morning when the SUV he was riding in jumped the curb and collided with a pole, police said.

The unidentified man was the passenger in the red SUV that struck the pole in the 2400 block of South Damon Avenue at about 4:30 a.m., police said.

He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

The driver and other passengers fled the scene, police and officials said.