A 6-year-old girl was killed and a 16-year-old family friend was injured after being struck by a car Saturday evening as they were walking to a Halloween party on the South Side.
Diamond Robinson, of the 6700 block of South Michigan Avenue, was pronounced dead at 10:46 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Diamond was walking with a female friend of the family at 70th Street and Loomis Boulevard about 8:20 p.m. when they were struck by a car driven by Thomas Young, 36, of the 6700 block of South Normal Avenue. The 16-year-old girl suffered a broken arm in the accident. She's in stable condition at Christ Advocate Medical Center.
Young, who was driving his car south on Loomis, was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk resulting in death, failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk resulting in personal injury, driving too fast for conditions and not having insurance
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