The Berwyn Police Department and United States Marshals Service have arrested a man who is accused of striking four people — two police and two civilians — with a car during a police chase last month that started in North Riverside.
Terrance Whitley has been in Berwyn police custody since they arrested him Oct. 9 around 8:15 a.m. on the 6400 block of South Rockwell Street in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood.
Around 6 p.m. on Sept. 4, North Riverside police attempted to perform a traffic stop near the North Riverside Park Mall, Berwyn police said in a written statement. The vehicle, which Whitley was allegedly driving, did not pull over and continued north on Harlem Avenue before striking a 55-year-old male pedestrian on the 2300 block. The man was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for life-threatening injuries.
The car’s driver fled the scene on foot and, according to Berwyn police, hijacked another vehicle, which then struck two police officers and another civilian, all three of whom were later taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver then abandoned the stolen vehicle on the 2200 block of Grove Avenue in Berwyn before fleeing on foot for a second time.
Police established a perimeter around the area at that time but did not locate the man.
While Whitley remains in their custody, Berwyn police are working with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office to charge him.
