Justice · Woodlawn collisionWoodlawn motorcycle crash kills 21-year-old driver, leaves passenger criticalAired October 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM UTCWritten October 29, 2026 at 12:28 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A turning SUV struck a motorcycle, killing its twenty-one year old driver.0:11His twenty-four-year old passenger was critically injured.0:13The collision in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood also left the SUV driver reporting0:17pain.0:18The immediate question is how the passenger is doing after reaching the hospital in0:22critical condition.0:23The crash happened Wednesday night, October twenty-eight in the six thousand one0:27hundred block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, near61 Street.0:31Chicago police described a collision between a silver SUV and a motorcycle carrying0:35two men.0:36Police say the SUV was heading south while the motorcycle traveled north.0:39The SUV driver turned left onto sixty one street and struck the motorcycle.0:43That's the preliminary police account of how the vehicles collided.0:46Both motorcycle occupants were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center.0:49The man driving the motorcycle died there after being brought in.0:52His passenger arrived in critical condition.0:55The motorcycle driver was twenty one years old, and his passenger was twenty-four.0:59The two men suffered the most serious consequences of the crash.1:02The SUV driver also reported injuries but declined emergency medical help.1:05The SUV driver reported back and knee pain.1:08Police said, but refused assistance from emergency medical services.1:11Police gave him a citation.1:13They haven't said what violation he was cited for.1:16As of Thursday morning, the passenger's last reported condition was critical.1:19No time has been announced for a medical update.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
