Overview

• Officers responded around 11:28 p.m. to the 2800 block of West Van Buren Street, where the SUV had struck a tree.
• The driver, an unidentified male, was found unresponsive inside the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Investigators learned the SUV had been taken around 11:20 p.m. in a vehicular hijacking on the 4200 block of South Artesian Avenue in Brighton Park.
• Police reported no injuries during the carjacking and no additional victims from the crash.
• Area Four detectives are investigating and have not announced any arrests or released the driver's identity.