A 4-year-old girl is dead after she was hit by a minivan on the city's North Side on Wednesday night.

Chicago police said the child was crossing the street in the 6200 block of North Talman Avenue, at Granville in the West Ridge commmunity. The minivan, driven by a 72-year-old, hit the child.

The girl suffered blunt force trauma to the body and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in critical condition. She later died at the hospital.

She was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office as Juslene Akeza.

The driver issued citations for due care to avoid pedestrians and failure to reduce speed, police said.

The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating the crash. The investigation remained ongoing Thursday morning.