March 05--A man died after jumping into a canal on the Southwest Side late Friday, authorities said.
The man, whose exact age was not immediately available, jumped into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in the 4100 block of South Cicero Avenue shortly after getting out of a minivan that had sped off after a traffic stop, according to police.
Around 11:30 p.m., police officers pulled over the minivan in an alley in the 4600 block of South Cicero because the van failed to stop at a stop sign, said Officer Hector Alfaro, a Chicago police spokesman.
When officers walked up to the van, it took off north on Cicero. Officers followed the vehicle and saw three males, whose ages were not immediately available, get out of the van in the 4100 block of South Cicero, Alfaro said. One of the men was seen running down an embankment of the Cicero bridge. Officers then saw the man jump into the water, Alfaro said.
Chicago Fire Department divers found the man after about 10 minutes. First responders rescued him and performed CPR, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in "extremely critical" condition, and he later died at the hospital, Langford said.
The two other male occupants of the minivan were taken into custody and are being questioned by detectives, police said.
No other information about the incident was immediately available.
