Man Dies When Car Crashes Into Power Line Pole On 95th Street

Evergreen Park IL

14 September, 2021

4:28 PM

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EVERGREEN PARK, IL — A Chicago man died after his vehicle crashed into an electrical pole Sunday evening in Evergreen Park. Around 8:15 p.m., officers answered a call for a single-car accident near 95th Street and Kedzie Avenue, Evergreen Park police said in an email to Patch. Officers found a gravely injured driver and sole occupant of the vehicle. The man was brought to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced deceased. He was identified as Parish Nash, 36, of the 2800 block of 83rd Place, Chicago, by the Cook County Medical Examiner. The medical examiner said Parish died when his head came into contract with the power line, as well as blunt force injuries when his vehicle struck the pole. The fatal crash is being investigated by Evergreen Park police, in conjunction with the SMART accident reconstruction team and the medical examiner.