Teen On Scooter Was Killed In 1 Of 83 Hit-And-Runs On South Shore's Main Roads This Year

Teen On Scooter Was Killed In 1 Of 83 Hit-And-Runs On South Shore's Main Roads This Year

SOUTH SHORE — The crash that killed Hyde Park Academy student Violet Harris this month was one of 83 hit-and-runs on South Shore’s main roads this year — and one of two fatal crashes in the neighborhood that evening. About 8:30 p.m. March 21, a driver hit 15-year-old Harris with their car as she rode a motorized scooter near 7670 S. Exchange Ave. in South Shore, before leaving the scene, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s…