A city worker was cited Sunday with with driving under the influence and other violations after allegedly hitting eight people, including a toddler, Saturday on the Near North Side, police said.
Dwight Washington, 61, of the 1800 block of North Linder Avenue, was cited for driving under the influence, failure to reduce speed and negligent driving, police said.
Washington, a Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation worker, was driving a a city pickup truck Saturday when the vehicle went out of control near Cedar and Rush streets and struck a group of pedestrians, police said.
A fire official said eight people were taken to various hospitals; four in serious-to-critical condition, two in fair-to-serious condition and two in fair-to-good condition.
Police, however, said seven people were injured, including a 1-year-old girl who was listed in good condition.
Part of the group were members of a photo shoot depicting a wedding party and were posing on a corner when they were struck by the city-owned Ford F150 pickup truck, police said.
Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said the man was cited in the incident and that no formal charges had been filed.