Aurora police are investigating after a 61-year-old woman riding a bicycle was struck and killed by a vehicle early Tuesday morning.

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According to an Aurora Police Department news release, just after 1:20 a.m. Tuesday (July 23, 2019), a Kane County sheriff’s deputy noticed a bicycle in a grassy area on the side of the South Edgelawn Road, just south of Prairie Street.

Police said the deputy located a woman — later identified as 61-year-old Elizabeth Kakoczki of Aurora — in the line of trees nearby and requested Aurora police officers and the Aurora Fire Department personnel come to the scene.

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The deputy and Aurora police officers started performing CPR on Kakoczki until paramedics arrived. She was transported to an area hospital by the Aurora Fire Department, where she was pronounced dead.

Aurora police’s accident investigation team responded to the scene to collect evidence and begin investigating the circumstances. Officers determined the bicyclist was struck by another vehicle that fled from the scene.

Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call the Aurora Police Department’s Traffic Unit at 630-256-5330 or call Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000 to anonymously report a crime.

SOURCE: Aurora Police Department news release