# @nbcchicago on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNZGStdtTbx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33492668-nbcchicago-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-15T22:21:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) — https://gondola.cc/nbcchicago

## Caption

Parts of Lower Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago were closed early Friday morning after a two-vehicle crash left a 19-year-old killed and another hospitalized, with one car mangled and destroyed as police worked to investigate.⁠
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The crash happened about 11:30 p.m. Thursday on Lower Wacker Drive between Clark and Dearborn Streets, police said. As of 5:30 a.m., road closures between Clark and Dearborn were in both directions, NBC 5 traffic reporter Kye Martin said.⁠
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According to authorities, a 56-year-old man was driving a red SUV westbound on Lower Wacker Drive with a 19-year-old passenger when it attempted to make a lefthand turn. The SUV was then struck by a black sedan heading eastbound, driven by a 19-year-old male that disobeyed a red traffic light.⁠
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