Authorities ID Pedestrian Killed In Hit and Run: UPDATE

LAKE COUNTY, IL – The Lake County Coroner's Office has identified the pedestrian killed in a hit and run near Antioch over the weekend as Brett Beckett, 52, of Antioch. An autopsy performed Monday morning revealed Beckett died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained from being struck by a motor vehicle, according to preliminary autopsy results. Beckett, whose identity was not immediately known following the crash, was critically injured when he was hit by a vehicle in the area of West Grass Lake Road and North Sunset Drive in Antioch Township at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

When authorities arrived, they found him lying on the north shoulder of Grass Lake Road with critical injuries, according to a news release from Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Beckett was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

The driver who struck the man fled the scene before deputies arrived, police said. As of Monday, authorities were continuing to work to track down the driver and his vehicle. Authorities said evidence collected at the scene has lead investigators to believe the vehicle that struck the pedestrian is a Suzuki Vitara or a Suzuki Sidekick, according to a Monday news release. Investigators are working to determine the year and color of the vehicle.

Police are asking anyone who knows of a person that drives one of the suspected vehicles and has noticed that vehicle has new damage to call the Lake County Sheriff’s Office at 847-549-5200 or Lake County CrimeStoppers at 847-662-2222.

The sheriff's office, in a Sunday news release, also requested all area body or repair shops to report any suspicious damage or damage consistent with the incident.

The crash remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Unit.

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