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Car fleeing smash-and-grab burglary hits, kills bystander on Chicago's Mag Mile

A car fleeing a smash-and-grab burglary hit and killed an innocent bystander on Chicago's Magnificent Mile early Thursday morning. 

According to Chicago police, a group crashed a pickup truck into the Louis Vuitton store on Michigan Avenue at Walton Street just before 5 a.m. Police said the group took merchandise from the store and fled in multiple vehicles, but left the truck at the store. 

Video sent to CBS News Chicago shows a group running out of the Louis Vuitton store through the smashed window. The witness got video from the scene from across the street at the Drake Hotel.  

Police confirmed that one of the fleeing vehicles, a Kia Stinger, hit a Honda CR-V at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Ohio Street. 

The driver of the Honda, a man believed to be in his 40s, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died. His identity has not been released. 

Five people in the Kia were taken into custody shortly after the crash, and merchandise was recovered from inside the car. They were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County and Northwestern Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. 

An additional vehicle fleeing the store, an Infiniti Q50, lost control on DuSable Lake Shore Drive. 

Police said four of the suspects fled on foot. Only two of them were taken into custody. 

Merchandise was also found inside the Audi. 

Belmont Area detectives and the police Major Accident Investigation Unit are investigating. 

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