Hazel Crest police are asking for the public’s help in investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident in which a woman was struck by two different vehicles.
She was identified as 22-year-old Tamia Costello of Harvey by Hazel Crest police and died Sunday at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, police said.
Police were called Thursday at 11:20 p.m. to the area of 173rd Street and Kedzie Avenue for a car-versus-pedestrian accident, Police Chief Mitchell Davis III said in a news release Monday.
Witnesses told police the vehicle that struck the woman appeared to be a white SUV, and the driver continued north on Kedzie after striking the woman, according to the release.
Witnesses tried to stop northbound traffic after the woman was hit as she lay in the street, but a black sedan, also traveling north, ignored their signals and struck the woman again, according to police.
The woman was unresponsive and suffered extensive injuries, and officers and witnesses provided aid until Hazel Crest paramedics arrived, Davis said.
Police are asking anyone who saw anything or may have video related to the crash to call 708-335-9640.
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