9-year-old boy fatally hit by car outside Austin elementary school

A motorist was in custody after a 9-year-old boy was fatally struck by a car Thursday morning outside an Austin elementary school on the West Side, police said.

The incident happened around 7:40 a.m. when a light-colored Chevy sedan struck the boy, who was in the street in the 4800 block of West Walton Street, Chicago police said.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The driver of the sedan, a woman, was taken into custody and charges were pending.