SKOKIE, Ill. (WLS) -- A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in the north suburbs on Sunday night, police said.
Skokie police said the crash happened near Dempster Street and LeClaire Avenue just before 10 p.m.
A motorcyclist was traveling eastbound on Dempster when someone drove a red van or SUV northbound from LeClaire into the Dempster intersection, resulting in a crash, police said. The driver of the red vehicle fled the scene.
The motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The N.O.R.T.A.F. Major Crash Assistance Team is helping investigate the crash. The intersection was closed for the investigation and has since reopened.
Further information was not immediately available.