A 15-year-old bicyclist was killed Monday night by a hit-and-run driver who dragged the youth 100 yards along a West Side street, police said.
A Chevrolet Blazer struck the youth from behind at about 8:40 p.m. as he pedaled west along the 3100 block of West Cermak Road with a 14-year-old friend on the handlebars, according to Marquette District Officer Jeff Bybee. The friend was thrown from the handlebars and suffered a broken leg, authorities said.
The 15-year-old, caught on the vehicle`s front bumper, was dragged 100 yards as the vehicle turned right off Cermak Road and sped off along Troy Street, Bybee said.
Witnesses gave police a license number for the vehicle, which they were checking in computer records, Bybee said.
The 15-year-old, whose identity was being withheld until his relatives were notified, was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital at 9:37 p.m., according to nursing supervisor Bob Tafilaw.
The 14-year-old was in fair condition at Cook County Hospital, a hospital spokesman said.
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