Sun-Times:
A Far South Side woman has died early Wednesday and 9 others were hospitalized when a van rear-ended a CTA bus in the South Side Chatham neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
Patricia Blackburn, 62, of the 12900 block of South Normal Avenue, was pronounced dead at 3:32 a.m. at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Blackburn was a passenger in a motor vehicle involved in a crash at 83rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Authorities indicated Blackburn was most likely inside the van when the crash occurred.
CTA spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski said a southbound No. 4 Cottage Grove bus was stopped at the intersection of 83rd Street and Cottage Grove when it was struck from behind by a van about 4:40 p.m.
More info from
Chicago Breaking News:
Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez said the driver was tailgating the bus. The driver of the van received multiple citations.
Perez said there were 13 people on the CTA bus, and at least one of those people was among the injured.
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