Driver rear-ends car, crashes into River North restaurant while trying to flee

A driver crashed into another car and struck a restaurant while trying to flee the scene early Monday in the River North neighborhood.

The person was driving a silver Lexus around 1:30 a.m. in the first block of West Illinois Street when he rear-ended a Toyota RAV4, police said.

The driver of the Lexus attempted to flee the scene but lost control of the car and struck the front entrance of a closed restaurant, police said.

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The driver got out of the Lexus and ran away on foot.

The driver of the RAV4 refused treatment at the scene, police said.

No one is in custody.