A 19-year-old Mount Prospect man died Tuesday night after being hit by a car in the northwestern suburb.
Police say they found Matthew Svedman lying in the street just south of the intersection of Rand Road and Prospect Manor Avenue around 8:30 p.m. A witness told them Svedman was hit by a car as he stepped into the southbound lanes of the intersection.
Crews took him to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, where he was pronounced dead around 9:30 p.m.
The 56-year-old Mount Prospect woman driving the car wasn’t injured.
Police are still investigating the accident. They ask anyone who saw the crash call the Mount Prospect Police Department at 847-870-5656.
