From CHICAGO BREAKING NEWS:
A man riding a bicycle in the South Chicago neighborhood was struck
and fatally injured by an auto in a hit-and-run crash late Thursday,
authorities said.
Greg Buckner, 49, was found by a passerby about 11:30 p.m. lying at
the side of the road in the 8400 block of South South Chicago Avenue,
authorities said. He apparently had been riding a bicycle when he was
struck by a vehicle, according to the Cook County medical examiner's
office.
Fire Department paramedics were already treating Buckner, of the 7800
block of South Ingleside Avenue, when district police officers arrived
on the scene, according to police.
Police had no description of the hit-and-run vehicle, said Chicago
Police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez. District officers had no
information from witnesses in their initial report.
Bucker was declared dead at 12:45 a.m. today at Advocate Christ
Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the medical examiner's
office.
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit was seeking information
in the case.
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