Woman Killed in North Side Hit-and-Run Identified

A woman killed in a hit-and-run crash that stunned a popular strip on Chicago's North Side Thursday evening has been identified.

According to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office a 56-year-old was identified as the woman killed when a Jeep hit her as she crossed the street in the city's Lakeview neighborhood. Her son told NBC 5 her name was Dorota Cieslinska. Shel lived in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the city's North Side.

Police said the crash happened just after 9 p.m. on Halsted near Roscoe Street, an area filled with a number of popular bars and restaurants.

Gieslinska was crossing westbound on Halsted when she was hit by a red Jeep Renegade, investigators said. The driver did not stop and continued southbound on Halsted, authorities said.

Gieslinska was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

People rushed out of area restaurants and bars as one witness tried to perform CPR on Gieslinska until emergency responders arrived.

"I heard a thud," said witness Keith Van. "Several people ran out of the DS Tequila restaurant and they told me that she was hit by a red Jeep and she hit the windshield, apparently rolled off the hood and then the truck ran over her."

There are a number of surveillance cameras at the bars and businesses in the area. The Chicago Police Major Accidents Unit is investigating the crash.

As of Friday morning, no arrests had been made but police released images of the vehicle believed to be involved the crash.