CHICAGO — Five people were injured in a collision involving a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus and a pickup truck in the West Englewood neighbourhood on Chicago's South Side, according to Chicago fire officials in reporting published on Monday, October 26. ABC7 Chicago reported the crash as a collision between a pickup truck and a CTA bus in West Englewood that injured five people, two of them seriously, in its Monday headlines roundup carried by Streetsblog Chicago.

Source: Streetsblog Chicago — Today's Headlines, Oct. 26, 2026 (citing ABC7 Chicago)

Fire officials gave the injury breakdown as two people in serious to critical condition, two in fair to serious condition and one in good condition. Emergency responders attended the scene near West 59th Street, and a damaged pickup truck was present at the scene alongside the bus.

Source: Chicago fire officials' account, Oct. 26, 2026

Officials have not established how the collision happened or what role each vehicle played in it, and further details about the circumstances were not immediately available. The injured people's identities have not been released, and no cause or citations have been announced in the reporting reviewed. Awaaz Punjab will update this story if Chicago police or fire officials release the cause or updated conditions.