A 26-year-old man was pronounced dead after he was struck in a hit-and-run accident while attempting to cross the street early Saturday morning in the West Loop neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Shortly after 1 a.m., the man was crossing the street in the 800 block of West Washington Boulevard when a witness saw a black Mercedes Benz disregard a stop sign, striking the man. The Mercedes continued east on Washington, police said.
The man suffered blunt force trauma to his body, and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Major Accident Investigation Unit was investigating. No one was in custody.
