CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 75-year-old woman was in critical condition early Saturday morning after a vehicle had hit her on the Northwest Side Friday night.
The woman was walking across the street, in a crosswalk, in the 6700-block of North Northwest Highway in Edison Park just before 9 p.m. when she was hit, Chicago police said. A 67-year-old woman was driving a gray Mercury sedan east on North Northwest Highway when she hit the woman, according to police.
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The driver remained on the scene, and the pedestrian was transported to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge in critical condition.
The driver was issued a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, police said.