A Naperville man who was run down last week in a road rage incident in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood has died, officials said today.

Mandeep Bedi, 23, was riding in a car driven by his wife last Friday when she got into an argument with a woman in another car, police sources said.

It's not clear what sparked the argument as their two cars traveled on Prairie Avenue. As the two cars turned east on Garfield Boulevard, they both stopped, according to police.

Bedi and his 21-year-old wife got out of their car. He walked up to the passenger side of the other car while his wife approached the driver's side, police said.

The two women continued to argue, and Bedi's wife hit the other woman with her open hand, police said. She then walked to the back of the car and her husband walked to the front, police said.

The woman put the vehicle into reverse and knocked the wife down, police said. The woman then drove forward and ran over Bedi and fled, according to police.

Bedi, of the 4300 block of Camelot Circle in Naperville, and his wife were taken to Stroger Hospital, where Bedi was declared dead at 4:35 p.m. Thursday. His wife was treated and released.

The driver of the car that hit them was last seen driving east on Garfield. Police had only a vague description of the car, saying it was silver.

Bedi received an undergraduate degree in anthropology from the University of Chicago and worked on the campus as a sales intern for the IT Services Solution Center, the school said.

His wife is a fourth-year anthropology student at the school.



“This is an incredibly painful loss for our community,” said Kimberly Goff-Crews, vice president for campus life and dean of students. “Mandeep has been a bright presence on campus, concerned for his fellow students, intellectually engaged, and committed to helping his colleagues. We will all honor his memory."