5-year-old boy killed in hit-and-run

A 5-year-old boy is dead and his 9-year-old brother and grandfather were injured after a hit-and-run accident on Chicago's South Side.

Chicago police Sergeant Antoinette Ursitti says the three were struck Thursday afternoon.

She says they were walking across the road when a car heading south hit them, then kept going.

A University of Chicago security officer took the boys to the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital.

Hospital spokesman John Easton says Ashton Barker was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. His brother, Savion Smith, is in fair condition.

Authorities say the 69-year-old grandfather is in critical but stable condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.