Family of cousins killed in Chicago hit-and-run can't understand lack of progress in case
The family is also begging the community to help find the person who ran from the scene.
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The family is also begging the community to help find the person who ran from the scene.
Brittany and Yolanda Payne were trying to get home from a night out when their lives were cut short this past July. Five weeks later, a family can’t understand how there are no new developments in the case—and want Chicago Police to make the case a priority, as Jermont Terry reports.
A hit-and-run crash sent a sport-utility vehicle plowing into a parked van and slamming into the side of an apartment building in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
The cyclist died on Thursday, Sept. 5.
A bicyclist has died after being struck in the hit-and-run last month in Garfield Park.
Police said on Aug 10, a pedestrian was struck while crossing the street around 4:11 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the 1300 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Police say on Aug. 10 a pedestrian was hit while crossing the street in the 1300 block of DuSable South Lakeshore Drive. The first car stopped, but the car sought was the second one that hit and killed the victim and did not stop.
Chicago police say the boy was crossing the street on his bike between two block parties when a black sedan hit him. The driver did not stop to render aid.
Chicago police say around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the boy was crossing the street on his bike between two block parties when a black sedan hit him.
The driver of a black pickup was heading eastbound and did not stop to render aid.
The driver of a black pickup was heading eastbound and did not stop to render aid.
The car was found abandoned minutes later.
A 45-year-old man was riding a scooter across Ruble Street when a black Dodge Charger struck him in the 600 block of West Taylor.
Police say the woman was jogging on the shoulder of the road and in the bike lane of South Halsted Street.
The black Toyota Rav 4 that struck her did not stop and fled south on Halsted.
Chicago police said around 9 p.m., a male on a motorized bike was heading westbound in the 4900 block of West Chicago Avenue when he was struck by the Jeep.
Police said a red Jeep fled the scene after striking the victim who suffered head trauma.
No one was in custody late Monday.
Brittany Payne, 32, of Chicago, and Yolanda Payne, 47, of Bellwood, were killed, and another of their cousins remained in critical condition Monday night.
Brittany Payne, 32, of Chicago, and Yolanda Payne, 47, of Bellwood, were killed in the hit-and-run early Sunday morning, and another of their cousins remained in critical condition Monday night.
Chicago police said a white Dodge SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed when it disregarded a stop sign and struck a green Buick sedan that was traveling through the intersection.
It was last seen driving northbound on Jeffery under the viaduct.
The girl was crossing the street with two other females in the 9500 block of South Paxton Avenue when the driver of a silver SUV ran a red light and hit her, police said.
No other injuries were reported, police said.
Chicago police said the man was walking outside when he was struck by the semi-truck, which then fled the scene without stopping to render aid.
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President Trump said he is considering replacing the Freedom 250 concert series with a rally after many artists dropped out.
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