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Multiple news outlets are reporting that an SUV driven by a 71-year old man left the roadway and caused a major crash that killed 2, injured 3 and caused damage to building structures in Des Plaines Sunday.
Des Plaines Police say the driver of that SUV somehow left the roadway and hit two people who later died.
Des Plaines police reported that a 71-year-old man was behind the wheel of a Honda SUV that was driving westbound on Northwest Highway in Des Plaines when the crash happened.
A 42-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man were hit. Both were taken to the hospital, where they later died.
The force of the impact shattered the windows of a restaurant next door, as well as also causing a natural gas leak that required NICOR to be dispatched to rectify.
