Lincoln Square crash: Passenger critically injured, driver at large after car hits concrete wall

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 28-year-old woman was critically injured Tuesday night, when the driver of a car she was in crashed into a concrete wall on Chicago's North Side, Chicago police said.

A female driver of a jeep was traveling south on Ridge Avenue just after 11:20 p.m. when she failed to stop at a red light and hit a concrete wall in the 1800-block of West Peterson Avenue, CPD said.

The driver got out of the car and ran off in the Lincoln Square area, police said.

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The passenger was taken to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition.

The Major Accidents Unit is investigating, and the driver remained at large Wednesday morning.

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