Overview

• The crash occurred around 1:21 p.m. Wednesday in a parking lot on the 3000 block of West 26th Street when a speeding vehicle struck the woman and fled the scene
• The victim suffered a fractured skull and back injuries and remains in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital
• No arrests have been made as the Chicago Police Department’s Major Accidents Unit continues its investigation
• This incident follows a series of hit-and-run collisions this summer that injured a teen in Roseland, killed a 79-year-old man on the Near West Side and seriously hurt a woman in Humboldt Park Community leaders and safety advocates are calling for stronger enforcement and neighborhood-based safety measures to curb escalating traffic violence