Secret Service Agent is no longer secret when he stopped a hit and run

A Secret Service agent stopped a car after it struck and seriously injuried a woman near Grant Park and drove away, authorities say.

The woman was walking in the 500 block of South Lake Shore Drive around 8 a.m. when she was hit by a maroon car, according to Officer John Mirabelli, a police spokesman.

A Secret Service agent stopped the car at 200 E. Jackson Blvd. and notified Chicago police and waited for officers to arrive, according to a spokesman for the agency. The agent is assigned to the uniformed division of the Secret Service, but it was not known whether he was in uniform.

The car sustained “severe” windshield damage, according to Central District Police Lt. Richard Guerrero.

The driver was being questioned but no charges had been filed as of 10:30 a.m., the lieutenant said.

The woman was taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to Fire Department spokesman Will Knight.