Driver Lied About Witnessing Hit-And-Run, Actually Hit Niles Man: Police
A crash that left a 72-year-old man dead in Niles Thursday was never a hit-and-run as was originally thought, police say.
A crash that left a 72-year-old man dead in Niles Thursday was never a hit-and-run as was originally thought, police say.
Michael Potwora's wife is looking for answers, and for justice, after the 72-year-old was killed in a hit-and-run Thursday night in north suburban Niles.
Just days before Christmas, a North Side woman was hit by a driver who ran a red light and just kept going, and tonight her family is pleading for that driver to turn himself or herself in.
Police are searching for a driver who hit and killed a 72-year-old man in Niles Thursday night and then drove away.
The family of a young woman nearly killed in a hit-and-run in south suburban Country Club Hills is asking for help finding the hit-and-run driver who struck her.
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A man is dead after being struck by a vehicle on the South Side and dragged for several blocks early Tuesday morning, police said.
Police said a 42-year-old woman and a 19- or 20-year-old man were standing near 56th and Racine shortly after 11:15 a.m., when a silver minivan struck them and fled the scene.
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A 23-year-old woman has been charged with two felonies for a hit-and-run in August, when she sideswiped another vehicle and struck a man riding a stand-up lawnmower in the University Village neighborhood.
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with three felonies, after a hit-and-run crash that killed a 67-year-old cyclist on the border of Chicago and Lincolnwood on Sunday.
A man riding his bike was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Sunday evening near the border of Chicago and Lincolnwood.
Anyone who recognizes the vehicle, or has other information about the hit-and-run should call the CPD Major Accident Investigation Unit at 312-745-4521.
A 42-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run early Thursday, apparently while riding a bike in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Police are looking for the driver of a van who hit a man in the Garfield Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon.
A man is in critical condition after being hit by a Jeep as he crossed the street on the 5400 block of West Madison.
Police are searching for the hit-and-run driver of a white SUV that struck and killed a 64-year-old as he crossed the street Sunday night.
Amanda Stanton, of Lockport, was found unresponsive on the side of the road near Plainfield Road and Plainsman Court around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Police are still looking for the hit and run driver, but so far have only said it was a small black vehicle that rear-ended the motorcycle.
Steven Lajin was riding his motorcycle west on Devon Avenue a couple blocks west of the Edens Expressway, when a small black vehicle rear-ended him.
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The victim was shot in the chest and died at a local hospital.
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A 2-year-old girl was in the hospital Saturday night after she was shot in a home in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
The 2-year-old was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in good condition. A gun was recovered at the scene.
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The victim was shot in the chest and died at a local hospital.
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All three victims were reported in good condition.
The 2-year-old was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in good condition. A gun was recovered at the scene.
The ages of the victims range from 2 to 41.