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An off-duty Chicago police officer lost control of her SUV and fatally struck a woman on the sidewalk early Thursday in the River North neighborhood, according to authorities and sources.
About 12:30 a.m., police responded to an auto accident in the 300 block of North State Street and found that a white SUV had jumped the curb after the driver lost control, fatally striking a 56-year-old woman on the sidewalk, officers said.
The victim suffered trauma to the body, and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A police source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed that the 40-year-old driver was an off-duty police officer.
Citations were pending, and detectives were investigating.
