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Saturday, August 23, 2025 5:25PM

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CHICAGO (WLS) — Two young children and a woman were critically injured in a West Side crash early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

Police said the crash happened in the Austin neighborhood’s 900-block of North Central Avenue just before 4 a.m.

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A 25-year-old woman was driving a Nissan SUV southbound on Central Avenue when she veered off the street and hit a tree, police said.

The driver and two passengers, a 2-year-old girl and a 4-year-old girl, were taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.

CPD’s Major Accidents Unit is investigating.

Police did not immediately provide further information about the crash.

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