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Woman, 71, hurt in crash in Wilmette

By Daniel Brown

Screen_Shot_2016_02_06_at_2.00.24_PM_999x554.png — A 71-year-old woman who was hit by a car Feb. 5 in Wilmette has died. | Network Video Productions

A 71-year-old woman was critically injured in a crash late Friday in Wilmette.

The woman was hit by a 2007 Lexus ES350 just after 11 p.m. in the 400 block of 10th Street, according to the police, who said she was taken to Evanston Hospital in critical condition and that the 73-year-old man driving the Lexus wasn’t hurt.

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