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player ready...A 13-year-old girl was killed and her grandmother seriously injured when their car was struck by an SUV fleeing police in Hammond, Ind., on Wednesday, authorities said.
East Chicago police started pursuing a Dodge Durango into Hammond, where officers from that city joined the chase, according to the Indiana state police.
The Durango ran a red light at Gostlin Street and Columbia Avenue and hit an SUV driven by Julianna Chambers’ grandmother around 5 p.m., state police said.
Julianna died at a Hammond hospital, and her 57-year-old grandmother, Theresa Paramo, was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Both are from Whiting, police said.
The driver of the Durango was taken into custody by East Chicago police. He was identified as a 31-year-old Highland man. His passenger, a 27-year-old woman from Danville, Ill., was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.