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A vehicle struck two pedestrians in the Ravenswood neighborhood Friday night, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, police said.
In a separate collision in the Archer Heights neighborhood, a 61-year-man died after being struck by a vehicle, police said.
The first collision happened at about 6 p.m. Friday on the 5000 block of North Western Avenue on the Northwest Side, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.
A vehicle struck two people, both of whom were taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston.
One of them, 85-year-old Evanston resident Raymond Lending, was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The other pedestrian was in critical condition, News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said.
In the Archer Heights collision in the 5200 block of South Cicero Avenue on the Southwest Side, the 61-year-old man was struck by a vehicle about 12:43 a.m. while crossing the street, Gaines said.
The man, identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Richard DeLarosa of the 6000 block of Mobile Avenue, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. He was pronounced dead at 1:33 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
The driver in the Archer Heights collision is in police custody, but no charges have been filed yet, Gaines said.
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