Fatal crash in Chicago's South Loop now being investigated as a homicide
CHICAGO (CBS) — Investigators are calling a fatal crash in Chicago's South Loop a homicide.
Giselle Chavez, 21, was killed early Saturday morning when the car she was in was hit by a tow truck.
Her sister and a 19-year-old man were critically injured.
Witnesses say an unlicensed tow truck driver was intentionally running into cars shortly before the crash, which police say happened at 2:14 a.m. in the 100 block of West Roosevelt Road.
Friends of the victim at the crash site Saturday morning said the crash was no accident.
They said they had all been together Friday night as part of a truck club, driving around the city for about 30 minutes before stopping nearby to eat. But, they say, the sisters and a boyfriend left early in one car, and others from their group left in a second vehicle.
That's when they say someone in an unlicensed red or burgundy tow truck started harassing them around Roosevelt and Union, intentionally running into their cars while they were on the road.
The incident was reportedly caught on video.
Police are still searching for the driver of that tow truck.
