Woman struck, killed in hit-and-run in South Chicago neighborhood
A woman died after being hit by a vehicle that went on to take off in the South Chicago neighborhood on Chicago's South Side Tuesday night.
At 10:01 p.m., as storms pounded the area, officers were called for a woman lying in the street in the 2100 block of East 83rd Street.
When police arrived, they found out paramedics had already come and taken the unresponsive 32-year-old woman to the University of Chicago Medical Center.
The woman had suffered trauma after being hit by a vehicle that fled the scene, police said. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Details about the hit-and-run and further information were not immediately available.
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit was investigating.
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