A pedestrian hit by a Cook County Sheriff's officer's squad car in Glenview, Illinois, has died. The crash happened on Tuesday morning. Police said shortly after 5 a.m., the woman was walking on Milwaukee Avenue northwest of Golf and Greenwood roads when she was hit by the squad car.

Mercedes Smith, 28 and a pedestrian, was hit by a Cook County Sheriff’s Department squad car around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday in the 9800 block of Milwaukee Avenue, Glenview police said.

Police said, shortly after 5 a.m., a pedestrian was hit by a Cook County Sheriff's squad car in the 9800 block of Milwaukee Avenue.

Officers responded to the 9800 block of Milwaukee Avenue early Tuesday morning after Mercedes Smith, 28, was struck by the vehicle of a Cook County Sheriff's officer.

Family is remembering a mother who sustained fatal injuries after being struck by a Cook County Sheriff’s deputy Tuesday in Glenview. WGN's Emmy Victor spoke to her family Thursday evening. More info:

The family this week made the difficult decision to take Mercedes Smith, 28​, off life support after she was struck by the squad car in Glenview.

The crash happened just after 5 a.m. Tuesday, before the sun came up, on a stretch of Milwaukee Avenue, north of Golf Road. Glenview Police said a Cook County Sheriff’s Department SUV hit a pedestrian.

Mercedes Smith had to be taken off life support this week after being hit by the squad car in north suburban Glenview. Marissa Sulek reports.