Second person dies following crash near Midway Airport in Garfield Ridge
Mar 28, 2025
A second person has died after a traffic crash early Thursday near Midway Airport in Garfield Ridge on the Southwest Side. Rocio Sanchez, 31, and Edgar Santana, 28, both of the city's Southwest Side, were killed and four others were hurt in the early Thursday crash in the 5600 block of West 55th St
reet, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The crash happened around 3:25 a.m. when a Ford Fusion going east in the 5600 block of West 55th Street made a U-turn and struck a Hyundai Palisade going west, Chicago police said. Santana, driver of the Fusion, a 28-year-old man, was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 a.m., the medical examiner's office said. Sanchez, who was also in the Fusion was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where she was pronounced dead a few hours later, at 10:04 a.m., the medical examiner's office. The driver of the Palisade, a 29-year-old man, and a 17-year-old girl who was a passenger were also taken to Christ where they were in fair condition, officials said. A 20-year-old woman in the Palisade was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where her condition wasn’t known, and another woman, 32, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in fair condition, authorities said. The major accidents investigations unit was looking into the crash. ...read more read less