CHICAGO - A hit-and-run crash on Chicago’s Near West Side left one elderly man dead and a woman in the hospital on Tuesday night.

The crash happened a little before 8:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of West Jackson Boulevard, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Officers responded to the scene where a witness told them that a black sedan had been driving southbound on Western Avenue, ran through a traffic light and hit a white sedan that was driving westbound on Jackson Boulevard.

The driver of the black sedan fled the scene on foot, police said.

A 79-year-old man who was driving the white sedan was taken to Stroger Hospital with trauma to his body. He later died at the hospital.

The passenger, a 62-year-old woman, was also injured and taken to Stroger Hospital.

No one was in custody in connection with the crash. Major Accident detectives are investigating.

Police did not specify the woman’s condition.