A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash in a crosswalk on the city’s West Side on Friday morning, Chicago police said. The victim was the wife of a former pastor at a church in Ukrainian Village.
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A 66-year-old woman, Halyna Hudzan, was killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday on North Oakley Boulevard in West Town, Chicago police and the ME said.
CHICAGO (WLS) — A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash in a crosswalk on the city’s West Side on Friday morning, Chicago police said.
Police said the crash happened in the West Town neighborhood’s 700-block of North Oakley Boulevard just after 8:45 a.m.
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A 66-year-old woman was crossing the street when a 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross turned into the crosswalk and struck her, police said.
The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
She was later identified as 66-year-old Halyna Hudzan of Chicago, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
The driver fled the scene, and no one is in custody. Detectives are investigating.
Police did not immediately provide further information about the crash.
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A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash in a crosswalk on the city’s West Side on Friday morning, Chicago police said. The victim was the wife of a former pastor at a church in Ukrainian Village.