A woman was killed and another woman was injured Saturday after they were struck by a vehicle on Chicago’s North Side, fire officials say.
According to the Chicago Fire Department, a 24-year-old woman and a 28-year-old woman were hit by a BMW X3 while crossing the street near the intersection of Addison and Fremont in the city’s Lake View neighborhood, just two blocks from Wrigley Field.
The 24-year-old woman was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with head injuries and was later pronounced dead, police said. The 28-year-old woman suffered minor injuries and was taken to the same hospital in good condition.
Police said the offender fled the scene on foot and no one is in custody as of late Saturday afternoon.
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No further information was available on what led to the crash. It is not known at this time if the vehicle stopped following the collision.
Check back for more on this developing story.
