NIU student dies in suburban hit-and-run

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EVERGREEN PARK - A 23-year-old Northern Illinois University student was killed in a hit-and-run accident Sunday in the south suburbs while reportedly fighting with another woman in the street. Brittnii Sutton, a general studies major, was a passenger in a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox being driven by 21-year-old Brandi E. Rose of Chicago, according to an Evergreen Park police report. The women were southbound in the 9700 block of South Pulaski Road around 5:45 a.m. when they stopped the car, got out and began tussling in the northbound lanes of the street. A silver or blue car traveling north on the road reportedly hit both women and kept on going. Police said that a third woman riding in the Equinox stayed in the car and was not hurt. She was being interviewed by police. Sutton was pronounced dead at the scene just before 6 a.m. Rose was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead at 6:37 a.m. The South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force and Cook County Sheriff's police are investigating the accident. They are seeking witnesses and reviewing surveillance tapes from nearby businesses. Police said the driver of the car that hit the women may not realize there was an accident. According to Evergreen Park police, Rose's car was parked at the curb in the southbound lanes and the women were near the median in the northbound lanes. Police said a northbound driver looking at the car may not have seen people in the street. The car was described as a light blue or silver compact or sports car. It may have slight damage to the front end or left side. Anyone with any information on the accident is asked to call the Evergreen Park Police Department at (708) 422-2144.