Updated 5/14/2021 12:29 PM
A 27-year-old Schaumburg man was killed Thursday night when his motorcycle struck another vehicle that then fled the scene on northbound I-90 at Addison Street in Chicago.
Illinois State Police confirmed 27-year-old Kevin S. Nitsch of Schaumburg had been pronounced dead at Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 12:16 a.m. Friday after being transported from the scene of the crash.
Police said their preliminary investigation indicates that at about 11:20 p.m. Thursday, Nitsch lost control of his 2005 black Yamaha, which then struck an unknown vehicle that fled the scene without stopping to render aid.
Nitsch was ejected from the motorcycle onto the left two lanes of the roadway, while the motorcycle itself came to rest in the right ditch.
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A man died after he was injured in a fire Monday at a senior living center in the Uptown neighborhood.
Young Lee, 65, was found by firefighters on a burning couch at the Heiwa Terrace apartments at 920 W. Lawrence Ave., according to Chicago fire officials and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The fire broke out 3:30 a.m. Monday in a third-floor apartment, fire officials said. Lee was taken in critical condition to Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He died at 12:27 a.m. Tuesday, the medical examiner’s office said.
An autopsy was scheduled.
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