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2 dead, 3 injured in South Side crash Friday night

CHICAGO (WGN) — Two people were killed and three others were injured in a crash Friday night on the city’s South Side.

Chicago police said the crash happened at around 9:30 p.m. in the 7500 block of South Vincennes Avenue, in Greater Grand Crossing.

According to police, a 37-year-old woman was driving west in a grey Buick sedan when she tried to make a left turn to go south but failed to yield at the intersection, crashing into a black Dodge that was traveling east.

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Police said the Dodge had five people inside: a 15-year-old girl, an 18-year-old woman, a 20-year-old man, a 25-year-old woman, and the driver, a 26-year-old man.

The 18-year-old woman, later identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as April Valencia, and the 20-year-old man, later identified as Matthew Cuadra, were taken to University of Chicago Hospital, where they died.

Meanwhile, police say the 15-year-old girl, the 25-year-old woman and the 26-year-old driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.

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A parked grey Mercedes sedan that was unoccupied was also hit as a result of the crash.

The woman who was driving the Buick was issued a citation for failure to yield during a left turn.

Detectives are continuing their investigation, and no other information was released.

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