CHICAGO — A 93-year-old woman is dead after she was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Thursday afternoon in Chicago, according to police.
The woman was hit around 12:20 p.m. in the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue in the city’s Austin neighborhood.
According to Chicago police, the driver of a 2008 silver Porsche Cayenne as they drove around a stopped vehicle, into the bike lane, through the crosswalk and hit the woman.
The driver then continued and didn’t stop, police said.
On Thursday evening, Chicago police released a picture of the Porsche involved. The Porsche has an Illinois license plate, CZ60617.
Community activist Andrew Holmes is offering a $1,000 reward for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the woman’s death.
“You took it upon yourself to go around another vehicle, push that gas pedal, disobey that stop sign, and hit and take the life of this 93-year-old,” Holmes said. “This is somebody’s mother. This is somebody’s grandmother. This is somebody’s daughter and somebody’s sister.”
No one is in custody and police continue to investigate.
