Man was standing in a closed lane next to a construction street sweeper when the driver of a black sedan struck him and kept going, police said.
A man is dead after he was struck in a hit-and-run crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Lake View Friday night, Chicago police said.It happened just before 11 p.m. in the northbound lanes between Diversey and Belmont avenues.
Chicago police said the 45-year old man was standing in a closed lane next to a construction street sweeper when the driver of a black sedan struck him and kept going. The man was not employed by the Illinois Department of Transportation or the City of Chicago, according to police.SEE ALSO: 1 injured in serious crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Loop, Chicago fire officials sayAs of 8 p.m. Friday night, the northbound drive was reduced to one lane between LaSalle Drive and Irving Park Road.
No one is in custody, and the major accidents unit of the Chicago Police Department is investigating.
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