CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Chicago police have released an image of the car allegedly used in a fatal hit-and-run early Saturday morning when a driver ran a stop sign and struck a 26-year-old man.
About 1:05 a.m., a witness saw the hit-and-run in the 800 block of West Washington Boulevard, according to Chicago police.
The man has been identified as James Richard Thompson, of Plainfield. Following the crash, he was taken to Stroger Hospital with blunt force trauma to his body and was pronounced dead, police said.
Chicago police urged all businesses and buildings along Washington Boulevard from Sangamon Street to Wacker Drive to check surveillance footage — or any possible video — that might have captured the the suspected vehicle.
They said the impact caused front-end damage to the car, as the passenger-side mirror was left behind. The vehicle was described as a black, four-door Mercedes sedan. It's believed to be a 2006–2010 model.
The Major Accident Investigation Unit said it “needs the help of the community” to solve this crime.
(The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.)
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