Driver Held in Fatal Streeterville Bus Accident

By Chuck Sudo in News on May 4, 2011 1:37PM

A 47-year-old bus driver is being held in connection with a fatal bus accident yesterday when he allegedly ran his tour bus over a 26-year-old woman near NBC Tower yesterday. The woman, identified as Justyna Palka, was crossing the street and had the right of way when the bus rolled over her around 7 p.m. last night. Palka was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 7:04 p.m. and the driver has not been charged as of yet. NBC Chicago posted eyewitness video of the accident.

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