On February 19, 2019, at approximately 10:55 A.M. the Downers Grove Police
Department responded to a report of a person struck by a vehicle in the intersection of Main and Grant
Streets. The pedestrian was transported by the Downers Grove Fire Department to Good Samaritan
Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a student at Downers Grove North High School was
crossing Main Street in the marked crosswalk when the student was struck by a vehicle traveling
southbound. The driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and the incident is still under investigation
by the Downers Grove Police Department and the F.I.A.T. Major Crash Reconstruction Team.
Anyone with additional information is asked to please contact the Downers Grove Police Department at
(630)434-5600.