Crash ends wedding photo shoot on Near North Side

Eight people, including members of a wedding party, were injured when a vehicle hit them on the Near North Side this afternoon, officials said.
A vehicle struck the people -- at least one a child -- in a crash near Cedar and Rush streets about 12:20 p.m., said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli.
Members of the wedding party -- the bride, groom and a toddler -- posed for pictures on a corner when the three people and the photographer were all struck by a Ford F150 pickup truck, Mirabelli said.
A fire official said eight people were taken to various hospitals: four in critical-to-serious condition, two in serious-to-fair condition and two in fair-to-good condition.
A witness said it appeared a city pickup truck hit several people and perhaps one other vehicle, pinning some beneath one of the vehicles and also injuring the truck driver.
The Chicago Fire Department called an Emergency Medical Services Plan 1, which sends at least five ambulances to a scene, for the accident.
The witness said it appeared there was a photo shoot going on near the intersection, and the truck hit some people involved in the photo shoot. One person was pinned under the truck and another unconscious under another vehicle after the crash, and bystanders tried to lift at least one of the vehicles to get a person out from under, the witness said.
The driver of the truck also appeared to have been taken to a hospital by Fire Department ambulance, the witness said.
Of those hospitalized, Rosado said one critical-to-serious patient was taken to Children's Memorial Hospital; two critical-to-serious patients and one fair-to-good patient were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital; and one critical-to-serious patient was taken to Advocate Illinos Masonic Medical Center. One fair-to-good patient and two serious-to-fair patients were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital.