A man riding a scooter was hit and killed by a Chicago police car in the Bridgeport neighborhood on Thursday morning.
Chicago police said around 12:30 a.m., officers were on patrol driving north in the 3200 block of South Princeton Avenue, when their marked police car hit a 39-year-old man on an electric scooter. The scene is a few blocks from Rate Field.
Police said the victim was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County.
Both officers were taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police have not specified whether the officers were hurt or just needed to be checked out.
Investigators have not said what caused the crash, or whether the officers were responding to a call at the time.
The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation by the police Major Accident Investigation Unit.
