Boulevard crash victims identified
Police have released the identities of the two men who died Sunday night in a car accident on Roosevelt Boulevard and Haldeman Avenue.
The driver, 21-year-old Witchy Louis of the 7200-block of Souder Street, and his friend, 20-year-old Shahariar Ahmed Rabbi of the 7100-block of Kindred Street, were killed when their Toyota Camry rear-ended a flatbed truck and became stuck.
The cause of the accident has not yet been determined.
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