Driver sought in hit-and-run that seriously wounded 77-year-old on Chicago's Near North Side

Surveillance images of a white Kia Sportage with orange tape on the windshield wanted in a hit-and-run on the Near North Side earlier this month | Chicago police

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the driver of an SUV that struck and seriously injured a 77-year-old woman earlier this month on the Near North Side.

The woman was walking in the crosswalk at 618 N. Michigan Ave., around 3:53 p.m. June 3 when she was hit by a white, four-door Kia Sportage (possible a 2010-2015 model) with orange tape on the windshield, police said in a community alert.

The SUV was last seen traveling southbound on Michigan Avenue near Ontario Street, police said.

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Anyone with information is asked to call CPD's Major Accident Investigation Unit at (312) 745-4521.

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