An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed early Monday morning when a speeding SUV he was driving struck a utility pole then plowed into the backyard of an Arlington Heights home, throwing him and a passenger from the vehicle, police said.
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An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed when he crashed his SUV after speeding away from a traffic stop in Arlington Heights early Monday, authorities said.
An officer from Rolling Meadows noticed the officer’s Toyota 4Runner speeding on Algonquin Road just before the border with Arlington Heights around 1 a.m., police said.
The officer tried to pull over the 4Runner, but the car sped north on Wilke Road, Arlington Heights police said. The officer did not pursue the car, police said.
When the 4Runner reached Kirchoff Road, it left the road and struck a utility pole, sending the car across Kirchoff Road, tumbling “end over end” into a backyard in the 600 block of south Reuter, police said.
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Police say an off-duty Chicago police officer was killed Monday morning when the SUV he was driving left a suburban Arlington Heights roadway, became airborne and crashed.
Arlington Heights police responded to the crash about 1 a.m. in the 600 block of South Reuter, according to a statement.
A preliminary investigation determined that the black 2021 Toyota 4Runner was traveling at a high-rate of speed, police say. An on-duty Rolling Meadows officer in a marked vehicle attempted to stop the SUV before it entered Arlington Heights, but the vehicle fled on northbound Wilke Road from Algonquin Road.
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