March 07--Police are asking for the public's help finding the driver of a semi-truck involved in a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a woman early Friday morning in the city's Fuller Park neighborhood.
Shortly after 5 a.m. Friday, a woman was traveling south on Wentworth Avenue at 47th Street when her vehicle was struck by a silver-blue semi-truck with no trailer attached, said police.
The truck was westbound on 47th Street prior to the hit-and-run accident, and continued driving north of Wentworth Avenue going in the wrong direction. The truck then turned on Swann Street heading west, said police.
The semi-truck was captured on video surveillance seconds before the crash. Police said the truck has identifiers on the doors of the driver and passenger side, and may have damage to the passenger side and rear.
Anyone with information about the hit-and-run crash should contact the Chicago Police Department Major Accident Investigation Unit at 312-745-4521.
