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Child injured in a hit-and-run crash in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood

By FOX 32 Digital Team
Published  August 12, 2023 6:12pm CDT
Albany Park
FOX 32 Chicago

Child hospitalized after hit-and-run crash on North Side

A 5-year-old is expected to be okay after being hit by a car in a crosswalk on Chicago's North Side Saturday afternoon. The driver was caught and charges are pending.

CHICAGO - A child was injured in a hit-and-run crash in Chicago's Albany Park on Saturday, and the driver was arrested after crashing three blocks away.

Chicago police said the child, 5, was run down on Monticello near West Cullom around 1:30 p.m.

He was crossing the street in the crosswalk when the sedan hit him and kept going.

The sedan hit multiple parked cars a couple blocks farther along Monticello and the driver jumped out.

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He was captured and taken into custody.

The child was hospitalized with cuts to his arms and knees in fair condition.

Charges are pending against the driver.