Driver fatally struck Jan Kopec, 83, on his bike in Archer Heights
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With his passing, our city has already seen six on-street bike fatalities this year, two more than in all of 2019.
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Mark Goodman, 56, died after bike crash on LFT; another cyclist was injured on LSD
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A third cyclists is asking for help to track down the hit-and-run SUV driver who broke his collarbone in River North.
Family, friends, and cyclists gather once more to honor Issac Martinez at mural painting
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Issac's family plans to fight for safer street conditions to prevent similar heartbreak in their community in the future.
Sam D. Yousif, 13, killed by negligent driver at unsafe bike crossing near N. Branch Trail
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New reports suggested that the boy was to blame for his own death, but a closer look shows that inattentive driving and unsafe bike infrastructure were major factors in the crash.
Hit-and-run driver struck and killed Walter Williams Jr., 72, in North Lawndale
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Williams was the third Chicago cyclist to die in a crash in the last month.
Louis Jacobson, 67, died after reportedly hitting pothole on bike in West Ridge
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The fourth Chicago bike fatality case of 2020 appears to be a rare instance of a fatal Chicago bike crash that didn't involve another vehicle.
Family of Issac Martinez, 13, killed on his bike, were joined by cyclists at vigil
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Said a neighbor, "It's something that should have never happened with a hit-and-run and a little kid just bicycling through his neighborhood."
Issac Martinez, 13, killed in Ashburn, is 2nd cyclist critically or fatally injured in a week
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Martinez was the 3rd cyclist fatally struck in Chicago this year.
Drivers fatally struck 3 pedestrians and a cyclist in Chicago in the past week
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Tragically, the need to create safe space for pedestrians and cyclists, and prevent a dangerous post-COVID spike in driving by enabling safe, socially-distanced walking, transit, and biking, was laid bare this past week.
Chicago Ride of Silence honored fallen riders with an online memorial ceremony
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The event remembered the five people killed while biking in Chicago in the past year.
Driver killed man, 61, biking on Lake Street, near site where cyclist was killed in September
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The victim was the first Chicago bike fatality of 2020.
Driver who killed cyclist Lee Luellen charged, CDP retracts victim-blaming statement
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Although Luellen was the second cyclist killed on Stony Island Avenue in recent years, local alderman Leslie Hairston has doubled down on her resistance to installing protected bike lanes on the street.