Overview
- A 25-year-old woman was struck while walking between parked cars on West Irving Park Road and later died at Illinois Masonic Hospital, authorities said.
- Police say the driver, described as a male in a dark blue sedan, fled westbound and collided with a dark SUV, triggering a chain collision with another sedan.
- The SUV's driver tried to detain the fleeing motorist before the suspect hit a tree, ran on foot and entered a building near North Ashland where officers took him into custody.
- The arrest resolves the immediate search but charges have not been filed and the CPD Major Accidents Investigation Unit is handling the fatal-crash probe.
- The case highlights how bystander intervention and rapid police response can affect outcomes and officials will now review crash reconstruction, witness accounts and hospital records to determine next steps.