Hit-and-run victim was dragged by SUV in Rogers Park; cops seek info on driver

A 46-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday evening after being struck and dragged by a vehicle in Rogers Park, according to a Chicago Police Department traffic crash report reviewed by CWBChicago.

Officers responded to a call for a person down around 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of West Estes Avenue and North Greenview Avenue. The man, who lived about a mile north of the crash site, was initially reported in serious condition but was pronounced dead at 8:10 p.m. from head trauma, a fractured right leg, and additional injuries, the report states.

Surveillance footage reviewed by police shows the victim was struck and then dragged while trapped underneath a dark gray 2018 Buick Encore SUV, which fled eastbound on Estes. The driver did not stop…

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