Elderly woman dies in hit-and-run accident in Austin neighborhood, police say

An elderly woman died Thursday afternoon after she was struck by a Porsche SUV while she was crossing the street in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.Shortly before 12:30 p.m. ,police said the 93-year-old victim was in a crosswalk in the 300 block of South Laramie Avenue when a Porsche Cayenne drove around a stopped vehicle, into the bike lane and through the crosswalk striking the victim, police said.

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