CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Chicago police said a 45-year-old man was standing next to a street sweeper in a closed northbound lane of DuSable Lake Shore Drive when he was fatally hit by a car.
It happened just before 11 p.m. between Diversey Parkway and Belmont Avenue.
Police said the driver did not stop. The man was declared dead at the scene.
The hit-and-run took place in a construction zone, where the drive is being resurfaced. Following the hit-and-run, police described the car only as a black sedan.
CPD said the man was not a Department of Transportation worker.
The Major Accidents Unit is investigating the hit-and-run.
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