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Girl, 4, dies after being struck by minivan in West Ridge

CHICAGO (WGN) — A 4-year-old girl has died after Chicago police say a minivan struck her as she crossed the street on the city’s North Side.

Officers cited a 72-year-old driver for failure to reduce speed and due care to avoid a pedestrian following the incident, which police say occurred just before 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 6200 block of North Talman, in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood.

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Police said the driver was traveling northbound on Talman when the child was crossing the road from east to west before the accident.

Suffering from blunt force trauma-related injuries, paramedics rushed the injured 4-year-old girl to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition, where she later died.

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Major Accidents is investigating.

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