A woman on a bicycle was hit and killed by a truck in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

The semi-trailer truck fled after striking the woman around 1:40 p.m., Police News Affairs Officer Daniel O’Brien said.

The woman was dead the scene in the 300 block of West 47th Street, O'Brien said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office was notified of the death, but no further information was immediately available. Check back for details.

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