A suspected carjacker was killed and two women were injured when the driver of the car crashed into the support column of a CTA elevated train line in the Loop Wednesday, police said.
The driver was in her car in the 100 block of East Lake Street when a man and woman got in about 5:40 p.m., police said. There was a struggle and the car hit the support beam.
Chicago fire officials pulled the three from the car and took them to hospitals. The man was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
The women were stabilized at the hospital, officials said.
The woman with the man was taken into custody and charges were pending, police said.
