CHICAGO (STMW) — An Englewood man was cited for DUI and issued five other tickets for allegedly driving a van that fatally struck a 6-year-old girl and critically wounded her aunt Tuesday night on the South Side.
Eddie Lumpkin, 48, was allegedly driving a vehicle that struck a girl and her aunt at 7340 S. Ashland Ave. about 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
Jade Washington, 6, of 1426 W. 73rd St., was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Comer Children’s Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Jade’s 21-year-old aunt was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition, police said. Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said the woman suffered multiple fractures.
Lumpkin, of the 7300 block of South Damen Avenue, was cited for DUI, not having insurance, failing to carry a driver’s license, failing to reduce speed, negligent driving and striking a pedestrian in the road, police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said.
Langford said the full-sized white van appeared to strike Washington and her aunt as the two crossed the street. When emergency crews arrived, the driver and van were still on the scene in the middle of the block.
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is conducting an ongoing investigation and further charges are possible, Kubiak said.
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