Police responded to the 900 block of Harlem Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. on April 4 after several callers reported a car struck a tree and fire hydrant. Police reported that there were two people unresponsive and trapped in the car, which was impacted by the tree on the driver’s side and a fire hydrant in the front. The Forest Park Fire Department and North Riverside paramedics responded and helped extract the driver and passenger, who was breathing and in critical condition at the time of this police report. The driver was pronounced dead at Loyola Hospital.
Assisting fire
Police responded to a building on the 600 block of Harlem on April 4 for the smell of gas throughout the building. A person checking on a recently vacated unit for the property owner called police after smelling a strong odor of gas on the first floor. The second-floor tenant told police he was unharmed. Police disconnected the gas line to the stove and deactivated water heaters for both floors, due to significant hoarding conditions presenting high combustion risk. Police notified the village’s building department of the residence’s condition…