A 57-year-old man was taken into custody after Chicago police say he hit and injured a female with his vehicle in the Logan Square neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
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Charges are pending against a man who drove onto a grass median Saturday evening in Logan Square and struck a woman, leaving her in critical condition, authorities said.
About 5:15 p.m., the male driver of a red pickup truck jumped a curb in the 2900 block of West Logan Boulevard and drove onto the grass median, Chicago police said.
The woman was sitting with a group of other people on the grass between the outer and inner boulevard when she was struck, police and the Chicago Fire Department said. She was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center by ambulance.
A 57-year-old motorist apparently angered by “yuppies with dogs” allegedly yelled anti-Asian comments before slamming into group of friends enjoying a birthday picnic, seriously injuring a woman in Logan Square, witnesses and officials said. The crash happened about 5:15 p.m. in the 2900 block of West Logan Boulevard when a red pickup truck jumped a curb and went up onto the grass median .
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