CHICAGO – A 17-year-old boy was killed and three others were seriously injured in a traffic accident at the intersection of West 71st Street and South Ashland Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s Southwest Side late Sunday night.

According to Chicago police, a white SUV traveling eastbound just after 10 p.m. ignored traffic lights and was struck by a gray SUV traveling northbound at the intersection.

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An eyewitness told WGN that the gray SUV pushed the white SUV a good distance away, and the mangled vehicles arrived in front of a gas station, with one of them nearly hitting the gas pump. Part of the accident was captured on the gas station’s security camera.

“It was very loud and very scary,” the witness said. “The white car almost rolled over and the airbags deployed.”

A 17-year-old child passenger in the white SUV was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. An identity has not yet been released.

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Police said the 40-year-old driver of the white SUV was in serious condition and was taken to an area hospital. The driver of the gray SUV, a 27-year-old woman, was taken to an area hospital in serious condition with a concussion, and the 27-year-old man, the passenger of the gray SUV, was taken to an area hospital. He is in serious condition due to a hip injury.

According to police, traffic-related citations are pending and the Major Crash Unit is investigating.

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