Passenger Comatose, In Critical Condition After Saturday Morning Motorcycle Crash

A woman is comatose and in critical condition after the motorcycle she was riding crashed early Saturday, July 2 near 153rd and Cicero Avenue.

The male driver, an Oak Forest native, also remains hospitalized after the single-vehicle crash that prompted the closing of a four-block stretch of Cicero Avenue from 1 a.m.–5 a.m., said Oak Forest Police Det. Bob Frias. 

The two were traveling from Tinley Park to Midlothian via Cicero Avenue when the accident occurred. The motorcycle came to rest a half-block from where the victims were found, Frias said. The passenger was found with life-threatening injuries and taken to an area hospital for Level 1 trauma treatment. The driver's injuries were non-life-threatening, Frias said.

"It's a bad stretch of road there," Frias said. "The reconstruction is still underway."

Oak Forest police detectives are working with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office investigating the possibility that alcohol consumption may have been a factor in the crash and whether or not criminal charges will be filed.

The accident was declared major, prompting response from the South Suburban Accident Reconstruction Team. 

Neither passenger nor driver are current Oak Forest residents. Names and ages were not immediately available.

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