{"id":192979,"date":"2026-02-25T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192979\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:18:27","slug":"hit-and-run-pedestrian-accident-at-oakland-and-eldorado-decatur-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192979\/","title":{"rendered":"HIT AND RUN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT AT OAKLAND AND ELDORADO \u2013 Decatur Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-62402 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PoliceEmblemcolor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"206\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0At approximately 0221 hours 2\/24\/26, Officers were detailed to the area of Oakland Ave and Eldorado Ave. reference a hit and run pedestrian accident. Initial investigation revealed that a 2013 Dodge Durango was traveling eastbound on Eldorado when they struck a pedestrian. The Dodge Durango then fled the scene.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The pedestrian was transported to a local hospital with has life threatening injuries. The pedestrian is a 62 year old female and Decatur resident.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The suspect vehicle was located by DPD.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If anyone has any information on this incident, please contact the Decatur Police Dept. at (217) 424-2711.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Members of the Fatal Accident Investigation Team and Criminal Investigations Unit are<br \/>investigating the pedestrian being struck by the vehicle.<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0No further information will be released at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0At approximately 0221 hours 2\/24\/26, Officers were detailed to the area of Oakland Ave and Eldorado Ave.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-192979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}