Nov. 08--Chicago police on Saturday released surveillance photos of a man driving a motorized scooter on a Calumet Heights sidewalk who hit and seriously injured a woman pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident last month.
The man was illegally driving on the sidewalk, headed east, in the 2900 block of East 95th Street about 5:37 p.m. Oct. 10 when he hit the woman, according to police, who released the photos in a community alert Saturday.
The 24-year-old woman suffered serious injuries but the man drove off after the incident, according to police. She was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital for treatment of a head injury, police said.
Police released only a limited description of the man, describing him as a black man in his mid-20s with facial hair. The photos, which were taken from video that captured his image just before the accident, show he was wearing a light-colored shirt, blue pants and white gym shoes, and may have been wearing a dark baseball cap backwards at the time of the hit-and-run.
Anyone with information about the man or the accident is asked to call the police Major Accident Investigation Unit at 312-745-4521.
