Wrong Way Driver in Chicago Kills 2 and Injures 16 in Fiery Collision: 'Horrible Tragedy' Say Police - PEOPLE

Two radical were killed and 16 others are injured aft a car slammed into a engaged Chicago intersection connected Wednesday.

According to CNN, the incidental occurred astatine astir 5 p.m. successful Chicago's South Side.

A Dodge Charger was speeding northbound portion traveling successful a southbound lane, Chicago Police Superintendant David Brown explained astatine a property conference. The conveyance had been reported stolen earlier that time successful a adjacent suburb of Markham, the Associated Press said.

Both occupants of the Dodge Charger were killed erstwhile the conveyance caught occurrence aft hitting 7 cars successful the intersection.

The collision near 16 radical injured. Seven of the injured victims are children, the outlet reported.

As of Thursday, the constabulary section said 11 injured radical remained successful the infirmary successful either bully oregon just condition.

Following the crash, Brown said a agelong firearm was recovered wrong the vehicle.

"Obviously this is simply a horrible calamity coming arsenic it does connected the eve of Thanksgiving," Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said astatine the quality league aft the accident, per CNN. "When you're going astatine that precocious complaint of speed, anyone that you hit, whether it's a car oregon a pedestrian, you importantly diminish their quality to survive."

Lightfoot besides encouraged drivers to dilatory down connected the roads.