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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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93-year-old woman killed by hit-and-run driver in Austin

Chicago police say the driver of a Porsche Cayenne fatally struck at 93-year-old woman Thursday afternoon in Austin then fled the scene. The vehicle’s license plate reads CZ60617, authorities said. (Chicago Police Department)

A 93-year-old woman was killed Thursday afternoon after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Austin neighborhood.

The woman was crossing the street in the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue when someone driving a Porsche Cayenne drove around a stopped vehicle into a bike lane and through a crosswalk, striking the woman about 12:20 p.m., Chicago police said.

The woman was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she later died, police said.

The driver fled the scene, police said.

No one was in custody.

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