CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 9-year-old boy was fatally struck by a car near his elementary school on the West Side Thursday morning, Chicago police and school officials said.

The incident took place at about 7:41 a.m. near Ronald E McNair Elementary School in the 4800-block of West Walton Street.

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Police said a woman driving a light-colored Chevy sedan was going westbound when it struck the boy, who was in the street.

The boy was transported to Stroger Hospital, where he died, police said.

His family identified him as Anakin Perez.

"I'm just devastated I can't believe what just happened to my grandson," grandmother Valeria Fernandez said.

Witnesses told ABC7 that the driver initially kept driving after the crash, but then came back arou

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