Less Jones, 59, and Cherise Davis-Jones, 43, killed; 3 children injured after alleged street-racing cars crash into minivan at 137th Street and Central Park Avenue in Robbins, Illinois

Two people were killed and seven others, including four children, were injured in a car accident in south suburban Robbins Thursday night. Nine people, including four children, were transported to four area hospitals for treatment. Three cars collided around 7:45 p.m. near the intersection of 137th Street and Central Park Avenue, according to the Chicago Tribune. The cause of the crash remained under investigation Thursday night. Details on the genders and ages of the victims weren'€™t immediately known.

Less Jones, 59, was pronounced dead at 8:45 p.m.; and Chires Jones, 43, was pronounced dead at 8:40 a.m. The Cook County Medical Examiner'€™s office said both lived in the 13400 block of South Hamlin Avenue in Robbins. A vehicle sits on its roof after a three-car crash in Robbins late Thursday. | Network Video Productions CHICAGO (CBS) '€” Two people were killed, and seven others were injured, when three cars collided Thursday night in south suburban Robbins. A fire official said a vehicle with two adults and one child inside rolled onto its roof in the crash. Robbins police said they would provide more details on the crash at a 9 a.m. press conference.

Two people were killed in a three-vehicle crash in south suburban Robbins. Thursday.Witnesses said the Buick and Nissan were speeding north on Central Park Avenue. A witness saw a child's bike laying in the street.A family of five was in the Chrysler. Cherise Davis-Jones, 43, was driving the minivan. The contents of that vehicle were strewn across the crash site.

They saw both cars blow through the stop sign at 137th Street and crash into a minivan carrying a family of five.The parents inside - Cherise Davis-Jones, 43, and Less Jones, 59 - were both killed. Three children - ages 4, 7 and 8 - were riding in the back of the minivan. The other passenger was treated at a local hospital and released.Police are investigating whether any illegal substances played a role in the crash. Police believe drag racing was involved in a crash that killed two people in south suburban Robbins.Witnesses told police a Buick and a Nissan were speeding north on Central Park Avenue around 7:40 p.m. They had their kids with them everywhere they went," said Carolyn Tarochione.There were two men in each racing car, police said.

Two men have been charged in connection with a crash that killed two people and injured their three children in suburban Robbins, Cook County Sheriff's officials said.Douglas McGrew, 25, and Craig Stevenson, 41, face reckless homicide charges. McGrew and his passenger as well as Stevenson and his passenger were all hospitalized for treatment.A judge set Stevenson's bail at $1 million. Bond court for McGrew will be set at a later date, as he remains hospitalized. Cook County Sheriff's investigators say McGrew and Stevenson were racing their vehicles on Central Park Avenue around 7:45 p.m. last Thursday when their vehicles allegedly struck a minivan near 137th Street, officials said.

CHICAGO (STMW) '€” The second man accused of street racing and crashing into a minivan, killing two parents and injuring their three children, was ordered held on $1 million bail Tuesday. Douglas McGrew, a 25-year-old Robbins man, had been hospitalized after the Thursday evening crash in a residential neighborhood of the south suburb, according to Robbins police. McGrew was also charged with two counts of aggravated DUI. He appeared in court Tuesday, where his bond was set at $1 million, according to the Cook County sheriff'€™s office. McGrew faces reckless homicide charges along with 41-year-old Lynwood resident Craig Stevenson, whose bail also was set at $1 million at a Sunday hearing. Stevenson allegedly was behind the wheel of a Nissan Altima racing McGrew'€™s Buick Regal north on Central Park Avenue when both cars blew a stop sign and collided with a minivan heading west at the intersection with 137th Street, Cook County prosecutors said.