Modesta De La Rosa was allegedly struck by a Ford pickup truck in the 1000-block of West Irving Park Road around 7:30 a.m. Friday, police said. The truck was making a right turn from a Dunkin' Donuts when it struck De La Rosa, who was walking west on the sidewalk in front of the truck, police said.
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The vehicle did not stop and continued on Irving Park Road, police said.
"I saw the woman lying on the street over there, there was a lot of people who stopped, got out of their car to help, calling the police," said Vanessa Garcia, a Dunkin' Donuts employee.
De La Rosa was pronounced dead a short time later at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village.
Family members say she was a mother of 12 and a grandmother of dozens of grandchildren. She lived just one block from where she was killed.
Anyone with information about the crash is encouraged to contact Bensenville police at 630-350-3455.