Chicago police are asking for help identifying a vehicle they believe fatally struck a 66-year-old pastor’s wife who was walking at a crosswalk in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood Friday morning.
Halyna Hudzan was at a crosswalk in the 700 block of North Oakley Boulevard when a red 2022 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross that was turning hit her and fled the scene around 8:48 a.m. Friday, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Hudzan was taken to Stroger Hospital where she was pronounced dead just before 9:20 a.m. An autopsy found she died from multiple injuries caused by the vehicle striking and rolling over her.
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She was the wife of the Rev. Volodymyr Hudzan, who previously worked at the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Ukrainian Village.
“We ask for your prayers for the repose of her soul and for the Lord’s comfort and strength for Father Volodymyr and their family during this heartbreaking time,” the church said in a Facebook post.
Police released images Saturday of the red SUV with an Illinois plate DH30095. It was last seen traveling eastbound on Chicago Avenue and possibly northbound on Damen Avenue, police said.
They asked anyone with information to contact The Major Accident Investigation Unit at (312) 745-4521.
