A 67-year-old man was fatally struck by a car early Wednesday in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side.
Clarence Walls was struck by the westbound car at 4:49 a.m. while he was crossing southbound in the middle of the street in the 900 block of East 95th Street, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Walls was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died at 2:59 p.m., authorities said. He lived in the neighborhood.
The driver, a 67-year-old woman, remained at the scene of the crash, police said. She was issued a citation for failure to take due care of a pedestrian in the roadway.
The police Major Accidents Investigation Unit was investigating.
