Police Monday are looking for two motorists, including the driver of a red tow truck that “rammed” a SUV, leaving a 21-year-old woman dead and critically injuring two passengers in a South Loop crash now being investigated as a homicide.
Giselle Chavez was behind the wheel of her sister’s 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe when it was “rammed” about 2:15 a.m. Saturday by a red pickup truck in the 100 block of West Roosevelt Road, according to reports obtained by the Sun-Times.
Chavez lost control of the Tahoe and crashed into a nearby building and utility pole, according to the reports. All occupants were ejected from the Tahoe.
Minutes before the crash that killed her, Chavez, her 20-year-old sister and a 19-year-old man were eastbound in the Tahoe traveling behind a 1994 Chevrolet Blazer, which was behind the red tow truck, according to traffic reports obtained by the Sun-Times.
Suddenly, the Blazer rear-ended the tow truck and sped away from the scene, in the 600 block of West Roosevelt Road, according to the reports.
As the Blazer continued east on Roosevelt the tow truck then reversed into the Tahoe, and then began following the Tahoe, until the deadly crash, according to reports.
Chavez, a 21-year-old Niles resident, suffered a head injury and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Her sister, 20-year-old Alexandra Chavez, and the man also suffered head injuries. They were taken to the same hospital in critical condition.
Relatives of Chavez declined to speak with a reporter when reached via phone and in person by the Sun-Times.
A GoFundMe set up by Chavez’s cousin — which had raised over $6,000 to help with funeral and medical bills by noon Monday — said Alexandra Chavez condition had stabilized.
No arrests have been made as police continue to investigate.
David Struett contributed to this report.