Chicago police reported a fatal vehicle crash on Monday afternoon involving a 95-year-old woman. The incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. on the city’s Lower West Side. The victim was traveling with another woman in a gray sedan heading west in the 1900 block of West 18th Street. Their vehicle collided with a black truck at a traffic light.
The collision caused a chain reaction, resulting in the truck hitting a silver sedan, which was also stopped at the traffic light. The 95-year-old passenger from the gray sedan was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Guadalupe Almendarez, a resident of the Clearing neighborhood. The occupants of the other vehicles involved in the accident declined medical assistance at the scene.
The Major Accidents Investigation Unit is currently investigating the incident.