An 82-year-old man was hit and killed by a vehicle Tuesday morning in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side.
Robert Green was crossing the street when he was struck at 9:25 a.m. in the 8500 block of South Cottage Grove, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The driver told police the man stopped in the middle of the street to pick something up just before he was hit, police said.
Green, who lived in the West Chesterfield neighborhood on the South Side, was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. An autopsy Wednesday found he died of multiple injuries from the crash and his death was ruled an accident.
The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, police said. No citations have been issued.
