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Baby dies after pregnant woman fatally struck by semi in River North

Updated  September 22, 2019 7:27pm CDT
Crime and Public Safety
Sun-Times Media Wire

Pregnant woman fatally struck by semi in River North

A 29-year-old pregnant woman was struck and killed by a semitrailer Tuesday in the River North neighborhood.

CHICAGO - A pregnant woman was struck and killed by a semitrailer Tuesday in the River North neighborhood.

Elizabeth Boshardy, 29, woman was crossing the intersection of Grand Avenue and LaSalle Drive about 11:30 a.m. when she was struck by a semi turning left on Grand, Chicago police said.

She was pinned under the semi and had to be extricated, according to Chicago Fire Dept. spokesman Larry Merritt.

Paramedics took her to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

The baby, Hanna Elizabeth Boshardy, died about 9 a.m. Saturday, just four days after she was born, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The driver, a 67-year-old man from west suburban Lyons, was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk, according to police.