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Two Injured When Car Drives Into Pride Parade

CHICAGO (STMW) -- Two people were injured during the 46th Annual Chicago Pride Parade when a 60-year-old man drove his car into the parade route Sunday afternoon in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side.

About 2:50 p.m., the man's vehicle crashed into the parade route in the 3700 block of North Halsted STreet, police said.

A man and woman were struck and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said. As of early Monday, they both had been treated and released.

The 60-year-old was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital for evaluation and was eventually released without charges, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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