The Brief
- A juvenile has been arrested and charged in connection with a March 30 hit-and-run crash in Dolton that killed 18-year-old Lania Smith; authorities say the juvenile was driving the red Chevrolet Corvette involved in the incident.
- Smith was struck and killed while walking to work near Sibley Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, and the driver fled the scene after the crash, according to police.
- Smith, a Hyde Park Academy student who aspired to become a nurse and helped care for her four younger siblings, was remembered by family members who called for justice; she was the second Hyde Park Academy student killed in a hit-and-run within a two-week period.
DOLTON – A juvenile has been taken into custody and charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Dolton that killed an 18-year-old woman.
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