CPD release photos of vehicle in deadly Marquette Park hit-and-run
The incident happened just before 6 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Western Avenue.
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The incident happened just before 6 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Western Avenue.
The driver hit and killed a 54-year-old woman who was crossing the street near 67th and Western and didn't stop, police said.
Alicia Robles said didn't initially feel the pain because she was still absorbing the situation—and then seconds later, her skin, she said, was on fire.
As of Wednesday, it had been a week since Alicia Robles arrived at Stroger Hospital of Cook County with third-degree burns on her face and much of her body. As Andrew Ramos reports, hot oil spilled all over Robles' body, and the driver who is to blame remains at large.
The victim, 17-year-old Jorge Carmona, was pronounced dead at the scene.
It happened just before 1:30 a.m. in the 7500 block of South Phillips Avenue.
Police say that officer was helping in a response to a large gathering when a white sedan traveling eastbound on Phillips hit the officer's leg before driving away.
Alfred Slivo was crossing the street at Crawford Avenue and Kirk Street when he was hit by a car.
Authorities say Alfred Slivo, 79, was struck and killed while trying to cross the street at Crawford Avenue and Kirk Street.
A Hyundai Sonata hit a 51-year-old man on a motorcycle during a "street takeover" on Oct. 6.
A 56-year-old man was found lying next to a bicycle in the southbound lanes of South Larkin Avenue.
Police said a male pedestrian was struck while walking on the street by a possible Nissan Maxima that continued northbound on South Homan Avenue.
A west suburban mother was furious after her son was hit while riding his bike a block from home. She said the driver kept going and left her son injured and crawling for help.
According to witnesses, a white SUV struck the victim and continued northbound on Kedzie.
The victim, identified as Tamia Costello, suffered extensive injuries in the hit-and-run in Hazel Crest.
Police said the vehicle was traveling southbound on Cicero Avenue at the time of the crash and then continued to flee southbound from the scene afterward.
A white Nissan sedan struck the pedestrian, who died at the scene.
Investigators say just before midnight, deputies arrived at the scene on Dilleys Road just south of Wadsworth Road for a report of a person down.
The surviving cousin had just recently been released from the hospital with serious injuries.
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.
