A 52-year-old man was hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit by a car Tuesday night on Jean Baptiste Point DuSable Lake Shore Drive, according to Chicago police.

The man had walked into the left, northbound lane of the Drive, near Lakeview’s Belmont Harbor, when a car driven by a 34-year-old man struck him at 7:58 p.m., police said. He was taken by ambulance to Illinois Masonic Hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.

The crash remains under investigation by Chicago police. It was not immediately clear whether any citations had been issued.

The city has seen a string of serious and fatal crashes this summer, including the Aug. 10 death of 5-year-old Taha Khan in Edgebrook. Taha was fatally struck by two vehicles, one of which immediately sped off in a hit-and-run, according to police.

A driver remains at large after using a silver sedan to strike four men, killing three, outside the Jeffrey Pub in South Shore Sunday. Investigators have said that hit-and-run appeared to be intentional.

Two weeks ago, a Lawndale pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run after being struck by two cars. The 58-year-old man’s death followed a string of similar pedestrian deaths from earlier in the summer.



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