CHICAGO — Four people from the Chicago area who were found dead in an SUV that burst into flames after the vehicle hit a freight train early Wednesday in south suburban Phoenix have been identified, officials said.
The driver, Jeremy Robinson, 37, of Riverdale, and the passengers Xavier Moore, 23, of Chicago, Tieasha Rush, 28, of Chicago, and Jada Moore, 39, of Chicago were killed, said Jason Baumann, a spokesman for the city of Harvey and the Harvey police.
Harvey police and firefighters responded to the train tracks at East 155th Street and South Halsted Avenue after being contacted by Phoenix police around 2 a.m. for a report of a vehicle crashing into the last rail car of a moving CSX freight train, Baumann said.
