Tragically, on Wednesday, July 29, at around 11:41 a.m., a hit-and-run truck driver struck and killed Belesda Toledo, 47, at 25th Street and Hamlin Avenue in Little Village. The driver is still at large.
According to the initial Chicago Police Department statement, Toledo was crossing Hamlin westbound in a crosswalk when the southbound driver of a white truck struck her and fled south.
Toledo was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said. She later died from her injuries.
According to a report by Charles Thrush for Block Club Chicago, a block party and memorial event was held at the crash site on Sunday to honor Toledo and raise funds to support her family. The Chinese Crisis Responder and Cook County Crime Stoppers are offering reward money for info that leads to an arrest, $5,000 and $1,000, respectively…