Nov. 02--A driver who hit two pedestrians was injured when he was pulled from his vehicle and beaten up by bystanders in the Burnside neighborhood, officials said.
Two pedestrians were hit by the car in the 9300 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue about 7:15 p.m., and the driver also was injured, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien. All those injured were adults, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Firefighters called a 10-1 asking for police assistance when they arrived on scene because a group of people on the scene were unruly, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Chief Juan Hernandez.
Two pedestrians were taken from the scene in serious-to-critical condition, but the condition of one was stabilized at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, Hernandez said. The other pedestrian was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, he said. The driver was taken to Stroger, where his condition had stabilized, Hernandez said.
The driver was pulled out of the vehicle and attacked by a group on the scene, Hernandez said.
Police said the driver may have been the person taken in critical condition to Christ Medical Center, but that was based on preliminary information.
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