Burr Ridge police search for hit-and-run drivers who killed 16-year-old boy

Police in southwest suburban Burr Ridge are searching for two drivers who fatally struck a 16-year-old boy Saturday evening and continued without stopping.

The boy was identified as Alex L. Hunt of Chicago, according to the DuPage County coroner’s office.

Witnesses saw two vehicles strike the boy as he walked across Route 83 at Central Avenue around 9:20 p.m., police said in a statement.

He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove and pronounced dead.

Police said they were looking for two vehicles:

• a dark-colored SUV, possibly a 2014-18 Jeep, with passenger-side front-end damage;
• a dark-colored SUV, possibly a 2013-15 Toyota, which may have front and right side damage.

Investigators are also seeking to identify a dark-colored Acura SUV with Wisconsin license plates seen leaving the area.

Anyone with information was asked to call Burr Ridge police at (630) 323-8181.