Two in speeding car killed in fiery South Side car crash that left nearly a dozen others hurt identified: officials – Chicago Tribune

The two people killed in a fiery car crash that injured at least ten others on Chicago’s South Side last month have been identified, officials said Friday.

Tyrone Rogers, 19, and Kanye Larkin, 17, were inside a speeding Dodge Charger that plowed into seven other cars Nov. 23 in the 8700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and police.

The Charger raced north down the wrong side of road before slamming into the other vehicles and bursting into flames, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said at a news conference after the crash.

The car had been reported stolen in Markham earlier the day of the crash, and a gun was found in the back of the vehicle, Brown said.

The car’s two occupants died, Brown said at the time. The Charger was taken to the medical examiner’s office for the bodies to be removed, examined and identified, police spokesperson Tom Ahern said.

Witnesses and police who reviewed surveillance video showing the car and the crash said that the Charger was traveling remarkably fast.

“I saw the tan car just go up in the air and come back down. And after that, all I saw was a burst of fire,” said Karen Wilson at the time. Wilson was walking into a store near the intersection when the crash happened.

Speaking after Brown at the scene of the crash, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said drivers “have to slow down.”

Little can be done beyond what the city is already doing to combat accidents related to drag racing and speeding, Lightfoot added.

“Other than really getting more aggressive about frankly arresting people and locking them up. I hate that it would have to come to that, but what I’m fearful of is the people who are out walking on the sidewalk, crossing the street or other cars like we saw here tonight,” Lightfoot said at the time.

The cause and manner of their deaths was not immediately available.