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Bus, car collide in Chicago killing 4 people

Xinhua, May 7, 2017 Adjust font size:

A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus and a car collided in the West Side neighborhood of Chicago early Sunday morning, leaving four people dead, tweets from the Chicago Fire Department said.

The car was heading west at high speed, struck a parked car, lost control, and crashed head-on into the eastbound CTA bus.

All four people in the car were rushed to hospital in critical condition, but were announced dead later.

The bus driver and three passengers on the bus were also taken to hospital but their injuries were not life threatening.

The police is investigating the cause of the incident. Endit