Teen Critically Injured By Vehicle In River North
CHICAGO (STMW) - A 19-year-old woman is in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle Friday in the River North neighborhood.
A female motorist was driving a 2005 Pontiac G6 westbound on Wacker Drive when she struck a 19-year-old woman walking across Wacker near Dearborn Street at 8:45 p.m., according to police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer.
The victim was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Fire Media Affairs spokesman Will Knight said.
Swapna Viswanathan, 25, of Lisle, received a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk, Greer said. She will appear March 11 in traffic court.
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