CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The outbound Eisenhower Expressway reopened Friday morning after a boy was hit and killed by a vehicle overnight on the Near West Side.
According to Illinois State Police, a juvenile male was hit around 12:40 a.m. in the westbound lanes of Interstate 290 near Ashland Avenue. The vehicle that struck the juvenile did not remain at the scene and the incident is being investigated as a hit-and-run, the Sun-Times reported.
State police initially said the person killed was an adult based on preliminary reports, but later said he was a minor.
Shortly before the juvenile was hit, state troopers had located a car on the expressway shoulder that was apparently stolen in an earlier carjacking, state police said. Another male was taken into custody.
According to Chicago police, the carjacking occurred around 11 p.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of South Christiana Avenue in Lawndale. A 29-year-old woman was gathering items outsider her silver Chevrolet Impala when three people approached and one of them pointed a gun at her. She dropped her keys on the ground and the three suspects grabbed them and drove away, the Sun-Times reported.
A juvenile suspect arrested by state troopers is being detained by Chicago police for further investigation, authorities said.
Westbound lanes on I-290 were closed at Ashland for several hours while authorities investigated, state police said. All lanes reopened shortly before 8 a.m.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
