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Police Seek Help Solving Fatal January Hit-And-Run

By Erica Demarest | February 27, 2014 7:09am
  Police are asking for help solving a fatal hit-and-run from January.
Police are asking for help solving a fatal hit-and-run from January.
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CHICAGO —Police are asking for help solving a fatal hit-and-run from January.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 17, a pedestrian was struck and dragged by a car near South Central and West Gladys avenues, police said.

The man later died.

The car was last seen as it turned eastbound from Central onto Van Buren Street, dragging the victim underneath as it went.

Cops said the car was a white or light-colored four-door, possibly a 2001-2005 Buick Century or Le Sabre.

Police ask anyone with information or eyewitness accounts to call the Major Accidents unit at 312-745-4521. Mention the reference No. HX-118598.