Charges pending against driver who jumped curb, struck woman: police

Charges are pending against a man who drove onto a grass median Saturday evening in Logan Square and struck a woman, leaving her in critical condition, authorities said.

About 5:15 p.m., the male driver of a red pickup truck jumped a curb in the 2900 block of West Logan Boulevard, Chicago police said. The woman was sitting with a group of people on the grass between the outer and inner boulevard when she was struck, police and the Chicago Fire Department said.

Videos and photos of the incident posted to social media Saturday appeared to show officers placing the driver of the truck in custody. A man in the video can be heard angrily accusing the driver of being racist, but police declined to say how the incident was being investigated.