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Hit-and-Run Sends CTA Bus Into Jefferson Park Home, Driver at Large

Police are searching for the motorist who ran a stop sign, triggering the crash.

Overview

  • Around 10:40 p.m. Saturday, a black sedan traveling east on Catalpa struck a northbound CTA bus on Central on the driver's side.
  • The impact sent the bus into a parked car, a fence, and then the side of a house in the 5500 block of North Central Avenue.
  • The 46-year-old bus driver suffered a head laceration and was hospitalized in fair condition, and no passengers were on board.
  • Chicago Fire Department officials deemed the home structurally unsafe, displacing five residents as the Red Cross arranged assistance.
  • Police said the sedan's driver fled before officers arrived and reported no arrests as of early Sunday.