Sickening moment hit-and-run driver plows through group of men fighting in Chicago road and sends their bodies FLYING into the air before racing off: Three dead, one injured after horror crash

  • The group of men were outside a bar near Jackson Park on the city's South Side
  • They were in the road, seemingly arguing, when a car drove fast into them
  • Three of them were flung into the air and killed; another was left lying in the road
  • The driver sped off after the 5am crash: police are hunting the motorist 

Three men have been killed and a fourth injured after a driver plowed into them on the South Side of Chicago.

The incident happened at around 5am on Sunday, near Jackson Park.

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A Chicago Fire Department spokesman told The Chicago Tribune that officials believe the crash was intentional. 

Dashcam footage caught the scene, with a group standing in the road before, seemingly throwing punches and brawling.

The silver or white sedan can be heard coming before it is seen - its engines revved up as it smashes into the group.

The group of men can be seen in the road, seemingly fighting, before the car smashed into them at 5am on Sunday
The car, believed to be a silver sedan, drove at speed into the group
One man, in a blue sweatshirt, was flung to the right of the vehicle and is believed to have survived the initial impact
The driver sped off, leaving four people in the road

One man, in a blue sweatshirt, is flung to the side and lies on the road, reportedly moving.

The other three are hurled into the air and thrown at speed dozens of feet. 

They were pronounced dead on arrival at University of Chicago hospital.

The survivor was taken to Stroger hospital, where his condition was unknown. 

Police believe a fifth person may have been struck, and that he or she was taken to a hospital in a private vehicle. 

The men can be seen in the middle of the road when the car drove into them at 5am
Graphic images shared online showed the car smashing into the group of men
The car was driven at speed into the group of people

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