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Driver Hit Man And Then Took Off In Bucktown, Police Say

The hit-and-run left the victim with life-threatening injuries Sunday, police said.

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CHICAGO — Police are looking for a driver who hit and seriously injured a man Sunday in Bucktown.

At 2:55 a.m., the man was walking in the 2000 block of West Armitage Avenue when a driver hit him, police said. The driver took off afterward, going east on Armitage Avenue.

The victim had life-threatening injuries, police said.

No further information was immediately available.

Anyone with information about the hit-and-run was asked to call police at 312-745-4521.

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