Overview
- A 37-year-old bicyclist turning on the 6400 block of South Kedzie Avenue was hit by a southbound semi-truck, leaving him in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center after the driver kept going.
- The latest crash is at least the fourth hit-and-run in Chicago this week, and police say a specialized Major Accidents unit is investigating with no arrests announced.
- Late in the week, a beige car struck a man standing in the 8700 block of South Ashland Avenue and left the scene, and the victim later died at Christ Medical Center.
- Earlier in the week, a 53-year-old man changing a tire in the 6800 block of South Pulaski Road was hit by an orange Honda SUV that fled, and he was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center.
- In a separate case, police said a 45-year-old woman was critically injured in Humboldt Park when a maroon vehicle hit her in the 3100 block of West Franklin Boulevard and drove off.