Crime & Safety
Hit-And-Run Crash Kills Man in Ravenswood, Police Say
Officials believe the man—pronounced dead on the scene—was homeless.
A homeless man is dead after a hit-and-run accident in Ravenswood, police said.
Around 4:50 a.m., a witness saw the unresponsive man lying in the street on the 2100 block of West Wilson Avenue. When paramedics arrived on the scene, he was pronounced dead, according to a Chicago Police Department News Affairs spokesperson.
Sunday, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as James Andrew Truslow.
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Autopsy results showed he had died of multiple injuries consistent with being struck by a car.
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Truslow was in his 30s and believed to be homeless, according to the medical examiner's office.
As of 9 p.m. Sunday, police did not have a suspect in custody or a description of the car. The Chicago Police Major Accident Investigation Unit is reviewing the case.
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