CHICAGO (WGN) — A 4-year-old girl is in critical condition after Chicago police say a minivan struck her as she crossed a city roadway.

Officers cited a 72-year-old driver for failure to reduce speed and due care to avoid a pedestrian following the incident, which police say occurred just before 5:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 6200 block of N. Talman, in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood.

Police said the driver was traveling northbound on Talman when the child was crossing the road from east to west before the accident.

Suffering from blunt force trauma-related injuries, paramedics rushed the injured 4-year-old girl to St. Francis Hospital in critical condition.

Anyone with additional information may leave an anonymous tip at cpdtip.com.

Major Accidents is investigating.

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