UPDATE: Victim identified as Schaumburg High School student Mikias Tibebu.
Schaumburg police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 12:40 AM Saturday to a report of a man hit by a vehicle near Friendship Village at Schaumburg Road and Branchwood Drive. Police shut down Schaumburg Road in both directions after finding a victim on the south side of Schaumburg Road near the entrance to Friendship Village. Police reported CPR was underway just before firefighter/paramedics arrived. The victim was prounounced dead at the scene about 1:00 a.m.
Schaumburg Road was closed in the area, and the Schaumburg Police Department accident investigation unit was called out about 12:50 a.m. Schaumburg Road was re-opened at about 5:45 a.m.
No word on any arrests or charges. Several motorists stopped to help the victim.
Schaumburg police urge any citizens with information to call the Schaumburg Police Department Investigations Division at 847-882-3534.
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