(CHICAGO) Charges are pending against a man who led Chicago Police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle and struck a pedestrian Monday night on the Southwest Side.
About 9:45 p.m., officers attempted to stop a white SUV in the 5700 block of South Western after a plate check revealed the vehicle was stolen, according to Chicago Police. The SUV sped away northbound on Western and the officers eventually lost sight of it.
The vehicle struck a woman who was trying to cross the street in the 4900 block of South Western, before it finally crashed into a building in the 4700 block of South Western, police said.
The woman, thought to be in her 30s, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver has been taken into custody and charges were pending early Tuesday, police said.
