Authorities on Friday night were searching for the hit-and-run driver involved in a crash that killed the passenger of another vehicle in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood.
Police said before 6 a.m., the driver of a Toyota RAV4 with Colorado license plates ran a red light at Elston and Kedzie avenues and hit a Toyota Prius, killing the 25-year-old passenger. The driver of the Prius, a 37-year-old man, was taken to the hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, authorities said.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the passenger as Ali Abdullah, of Naperville. NBC Chicago reached out to his family, but they were too distraught to speak on camera Friday night…