Traffic & Transit

Man Hit By Tow Truck In O'Hare Parking Lot Dies

A 70-year-old man was struck by a city-owned tow truck Tuesday at O'Hare International Airport.

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An American Airlines aricraft is prepared for flight at O'Hare International Airport on May 11, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Today American Airlines held a ceremony to mark the opening of five new gate at the airport.
An American Airlines aricraft is prepared for flight at O'Hare International Airport on May 11, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Today American Airlines held a ceremony to mark the opening of five new gate at the airport. ( Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

ROSEMONT, IL — A 70-year-old man died after being hit by a city-owned tow truck in a parking lot at O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The incident happened at about 8:45 a.m. in parking lot D at Terminal 5.

The tow truck was driven by a 26-year-old man and authorities said the man, who lived in Hanover Park, was not in a designated walking area or crosswalk at the time of the incident, which remains under investigation, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Syed Muhammed Imam, 70, died from multiple blunt force injuries from a motor vehicle striking a pedestrian at Lutheran General Hospital at 9:22 a.m., according to a Cook County Medical Examiner's Office report.

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