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UW instructor dies after hit and run

A 63-year-old UW dance instructor was killed on Madison’s east side when he was run down Tuesday by a hit-and-run driver.

Police said John Gesinski was walking from the Sentry grocery store on Cottage Grove Road at about 5 p.m. when he was struck in the crosswalk by a driver turning right on Vernon Avenue. The car continued north.