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SUV hits man riding bike on Chicago's Southwest Side, driver flees

A man riding a bike was killed early Sunday morning when a sport-utility vehicle hit him on Chicago's Southwest Side.

At 1:20p a.m., police were called to the 6300 block of South Kedzie Avenue after the red SUV sped through a red light at the intersection and hit the bicyclist.

The SUV also hit a silver car that was headed south on Kedzie Avenue and had the green light to go through the intersection with 63rd Street, police said.

A 22-year-old woman who was a passenger in the red SUV was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition.

A 60-year-old woman from the silver car was treated at the scene, police said.

The driver of the red SUV bolted on foot before police arrived.

The police Major Accident Investigation Unit was investigating Sunday morning.

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