2-Year-Old Among 3 Hurt In Morton Grove Hit-And-Run Crash
A hit-and-run driver is in custody after a crash Wednesday morning in north suburban Morton Grove left three people injured, including a 2-year-old child.
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A hit-and-run driver is in custody after a crash Wednesday morning in north suburban Morton Grove left three people injured, including a 2-year-old child.
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It has been three weeks since an 86-year-old Morton Grove man was killed in a hit-and-run crash not far from his home - and now police say they are making some progress in the investigation.
Richard Mikulec, 86, was near the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Shermer Road when he was hit. The driver sped off.
The male – whose age was not immediately disclosed – was taken to a Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where he later died of his injuries, police said.
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Two women were shot and wounded Sunday evening in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
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A 26-year-old man was shot in the face while driving on Western Avenue near 79th Street Sunday night.
One person is dead, and two others were hospitalized, in a home explosion in Wonder Lake, Illinois, far northwest of Chicago Sunday night.
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A woman appeared in court Sunday on charges that she stabbed her 2-month-old daughter to death in a home on Chicago's Southwest Side.
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A man was hospitalized early Monday after he was shot in the face while driving on Chicago's Southwest Side.
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