The driver of a stolen vehicle was fatally struck by a semitruck during a brief police foot chase in the Austin neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, according to Chicago police.

       Around 2:30 p.m., officers assigned to the CPD’s vehicular hijacking task force spotted a stolen vehicle parked at an auto cleaning service in the 800 block of South Cicero Avenue. Officers approached the 24-year-old driver as he got out of the vehicle, but he ran into the street and was struck and killed by a passing vehicle, according to a statement from CPD.

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       The semitruck, according to police sources, did not stop and left the scene.

       The man, whose identity was withheld, was pronounced dead at 2:55 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

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       The police major accident investigation unit is probing the crash while the Civilian Office of Police Accountability said it was also investigating the incident.