Two dead after car strikes tree in Bensenville

Two men are dead after a possible road race ended with a car split in half after striking a tree in Bensenville Monday, police said.

Bensenville police responded to the crash around 4:13 p.m. Monday on the east side of the 200 block of S. York Road, where they found two unconscious males in a 2002 Honda convertible that was severely damaged.

One of the men was pronounced dead at the scene; the other was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police said.

Witnesses said the Honda and a dark-colored vehicle were traveling at high speeds north on York Road when the driver of the Honda lost control, drove off the road and hit the tree. The other driver continued north on York Road and did not stop, witnesses told police.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Bensenville police.