Home News UPDATE - OFFICER IDENTIFIED - OFF-DUTY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN FOREST VIEW MOTORCYCLE CRASH - Officer Charles Barango was a 14-year veteran of the department working as a tactical officer. He was assigned to District 5 on Chicago's far south side.

UPDATE - OFFICER IDENTIFIED - OFF-DUTY CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN FOREST VIEW MOTORCYCLE CRASH - Officer Charles Barango was a 14-year veteran of the department working as a tactical officer. He was assigned to District 5 on Chicago's far south side.

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An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed in a crash in Forest View, Ill. Sunday morning, police said.

The off-duty officer was riding a motorcycle traveling south on I-55 and exited the expressway at about 2:05 a.m., police said.

A witness told police that the motorcyclist was stopped at a red light on the ramp at Central Ave. When the light turned green, the officer rode into the intersection and was hit by a car traveling north through a red light, the witness said.

The motorcyclist was killed and Chicago Police News Affairs confirms that the driver is an off-duty Chicago police officer. Authorities have not released the identity of the officer.

Police are investigating the accident. No citations have been issued as of 7 a.m.