Man fatally struck by car in Austin

The driver of a silver sedan was traveling east in the 5200 block of West North Avenue just before 1 a.m. when they struck the 38-year-old man.

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A man has died after he was hit by a car Sunday in Austin.

The driver of a silver sedan was traveling east in the 5200 block of West North Avenue just before 1 a.m. when they Ulysses Coleman, 38, who wasn’t in a crosswalk, according to Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The driver stopped but then fled the scene, police said.

The man was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.

No arrests were reported.

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