Five people, including four children, were hospitalized in serious-to-critical condition this morning after an SUV they were in was cut off by another vehicle and rolled over several times on the northbound lanes of I-94.
The accident happened about 9:15 on the northbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway about 500 feet north of Armitage Avenue.
Preliminary information indicates that the female driver of the SUV, a 1996 Chevrolet Blazer, was driving northbound when she was cut off by another vehicle, police said. The driver of the SUV swerved to avoid the accident which then caused the SUV to flip over several times.
The other vehicle kept driving and did not stop. Police did not have any details about that vehicle.
All of the passengers in the SUV were wearing seatbelts and stayed inside the vehicle.
Police said they were in the process of trying to notify the parents of the children, who were all under 17, about the crash.
Chicago Fire Department officials said one adult was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, three children were taken to Children's Memorial Hospital and a fourth child was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
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