Woman, 48, killed in Greater Grand Crossing hit and run

A woman was killed early Thursday in Greater Grand Crossing, marking the second deadly hit and run in three hours in the city.

The crash happened around 12:25 a.m. when a 48-year-old woman was hit by a white truck while crossing the street in the 300 block of East 71st Street, Chicago police said.

The unknown driver of the truck then fled the scene going west, police said.

She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, police said.

Nearly three hours earlier, a 69-year-old woman was fatally struck by a white sedan that fled the scene in West Garfield Park.

Detectives are investigating.