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Jan 3, 2009 9:52 pm US/Central

Berwyn Crash Kills 1, Injures Others

BERWYN, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― One person is reportedly dead and four others were injured in a Saturday night crash in west suburban Berwyn.

Phillip Johnson, 58, of 2436 Highland in Berwyn, was involved in a crash at 26th Street and Gunderson Avenue and was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood via telemetry at 7:12 p.m., the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said.

The crash, involving two moving cars and seven parked vehicles, happened just before 7 p.m., Berwyn Fire Department Deputy Chief James Zahrobsky said.

Four other people were taken to Loyola Medical Center, Zahrobsky said. Their condition was not immediately available.

Three people were in one of the moving cars and one person was in the other. The fifth person was inside one of the parked cars, Zahrobsky said. All the victims were adults.

Fire personnel had to extricate the victims from the moving vehicles, Zahrobsky said.

"Our firemen did a great job cutting open the cars," he said.

Investigators remained on the scene at 9 p.m.

An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday, the medical examiner's office said.

A Berwyn police spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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