Hit-And-Run Driver Hits 2, Kills 1: Police

ZION, IL — Police asked for the public's help in locating a driver who hit two people killing one and injuring another, before pulling over, putting up his convertible top, removing evidence and fleeing the scene. Around 12:50 a.m. on Saturday, the driver of a silver or gray Chrysler Sebring convertible hit two men on Green Bay Road south of 9th Street, near the Stonebridge development, according to the Zion Police Department. The Chrysler struck and killed a 19-year-old Pleasant Prarie, Wisconsin man and injured another man, who was treated at Vista East in Waukegan and later released.

After the fatal collision, the driver, who police described as a white man wearing a black t-shirt, pulled over off Green Bay Road and Route 173.

The Sebring was pictured with visible damage to its front end. Police said he put the convertible's top up and took unspecified evidence of the crime from his vehicle.

Anyone who recognizes the vehicle or the driver, witnessed the incident or the drier's attempts to cover it up has been asked to contact the Zion Police Department at 847-872-8000.

_{Top photo The Chrysler Sebring police say hit two men on Green Bay Road in the early morning hours of Oct. 21 (Zion PD)}