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Man dead after SUV crashes into Hegewisch home

(CHICAGO) A man was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into a home less than a block of from his own Wednesday afternoon in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.

The SUV, driven by 34-year-old Walid T. Haddad, struck the home in the 12800 block of South Muskegon at 12:22 p.m., according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

 

A man was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into a home in the 12800 block of South Muskegon Wednesday afternoon in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. | Devlin Brown/for Sun-Times Media
A man was killed when the SUV he was driving crashed into a home in the 12800 block of South Muskegon Wednesday afternoon in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said. | Devlin Brown/for Sun-Times Media

 

Haddad, who lived in the 12900 block of South Muskegon, was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:06 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

No other injuries were reported.

The police Major Accidents Investigation Unit is handling the case.
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