CHICAGO — Authorities are looking for the driver involved in a hit-and-run incident that killed a 23-year-old man on the Near North Side early Sunday morning.
At 4:01 a.m., the man was struck by a car while crossing the street in the 800 block of North LaSalle Street, said Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman. The driver of the car did not stop and continued southbound on LaSalle Street, Estrada said.
The victim was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, Estrada said.
The victim was later identified as Phillip Levato of the 1300 block of West 32nd Place, according to the Medical Examiner's Office.
Police describe the car as a white, mid-sized SUV (2016 Jeep Compass) with Indiana license plate BU3440. The car was last seen traveling southbound on LaSalle Street from Chicago Avenue, police said.
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