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UPDATED 08/15/11 9:52 a.m.

TINLEY PARK, Ill. (CBS) – An 18-year-old woman is dead, and four others are injured, after a single-car crash in Tinley Park over the weekend.

Megan Elan, of the 12700 block of South Loveland Street in Alsip, was involved in a crash Saturday night at 6200 183rd Street in Tinley Park. She was a passenger in the car, and was ejected when the vehicle left the road on 183rd Street two blocks from Ridgeland Avenue in Tinley Park, police said.

Four others, two men and two women, were injured and taken to local hospitals for treatment, police said.

The red 2008 Pontiac G6 left the road about 11:38 p.m. Saturday, rolled several times and came to rest on Cook County Forest Preserve property, Tinley Park police said.

Elan was pronounced dead at 12:29 a.m. at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. A Sunday autopsy determined that she died of multiple injures from a motor vehicle accident, and her death was accidental, according to the Medical Examiner’s office.

Officials are investigating the crash.

The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.

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  • doc because,

    what were those idiots doing out that late that they couldn’t control their own car?

  • j

    It was raining last night! Shame on you for that stupid comment.

  • OLD VET

    IF SHE WAS DRIVING LIKE MOST WOMAN TODAY SHE WAS SPEEDING !! I DONT KNOW WHY IT IS BUT WHEN I AM ONRTE 12 GOING TO THE STORE OR WHEREVER ANY LAW BREAKING SPEEDER IS A WOMAN ,THEY EVEN PASS YOU TO GET TO THE REDLIGHT FIRST ! HUH ??? WHY, AND WHAT IS THE PRICE OF GAS TODAY THAT YOU WASTE IT LIKE YOU DO LADIES ??? WHAT IS YOUR BIG HURRY ?? YOU ARE THE ONES ALWAYS CUTTING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC ,AND SOME TIMES CUTTING IN AND THEN SLAMMING ON YOUR BRAKES AT REDLIGHTS JUST TO GET ONE CAR AHEAD !! DUH !!!!

  • KH1983

    Hey Old Vet,
    Oh, the irony, because all of the idiots that I see causing accidents are men! One even crashed into me at a stoplight! Yes, I was stopped for about a minute at a red light, and who comes up & rear-ends me, but a man! Guess he never learned what red means… In fact, all of my accidents have been involving men, and all of THEM have been issued tickets (failure to yield, etc), and their insurance co. had to pay for my damages & rental car.

    And that’s probably why men’s insurance rates are higher, and probably why men die more often in car accidents… or in motorcycle accidents. Or in accidents from splattering themselves all over the roads because they don’t wear helmets with their motorcycles. I’ve seen that before too!

    I’m not usually one for sweeping generalizations, but, you started it! Stats are not on your side of the argument, Old Vet. Maybe you should get your old eyes checked.

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