Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Fatality Tracker

The crash site from the driver's perspective. Image: Google Street View

Driver Who Failed to Yield Killed Senior in Avondale Crosswalk

By John Greenfield | Jan 28, 2017 | 5 Comments

A 31-year-old motorist who failed to yield while making a left turn from a side street onto a main street fatally struck a 64-year-old man in a crosswalk in the Avondale neighborhood, according to police.

Jezniah Smith, 34, Fatally Struck While Biking in Humboldt Park

By John Greenfield | Jan 12, 2017 | 5 Comments

Last night a car driver struck and killed a male bicyclist in the Humboldt Park neighborhood in what appears to be the first bike fatality case of 2017.

The 5200 block of South Central Avenue in Garfield Ridge. Image: Google Maps

66-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck in the Garfield Ridge Neighborhood

By John Greenfield | Jan 10, 2017 | No Comments

A senior who was struck and killed by a driver in the Garfield Ridge community in what appears to be the second pedestrian fatality case of 2017.

The crash site from the driver's perspective. Image: Goggle Street View

Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Woman Who Had Collapsed in Austin Crosswalk

By John Greenfield | Jan 4, 2017 | No Comments

The case of a 50-year-old woman who collapsed while crossing the street in Austin, and was fatally struck by a driver who fled the scene, appears to be the first pedestrian fatality of 2017.

Amazon Driver Who Killed Telesfora Escamilla, 84, Charged With Misdemeanors

By John Greenfield | Dec 23, 2016 | 7 Comments

The mother of six was fatally struck by a van driver who allegedly ran a stop sign and was driving without a license or insurance.

Trucker Fatally Strikes Man, 59, on Eight-Lane Stretch of Congress Parkway

By John Greenfield | Dec 6, 2016 | No Comments

A truck driver ran over and killed a 59-year-old man last week in the Loop, according to the police.

SUV Driver Killed Phillip Levato, 23, at Chicago and LaSalle, Fled the Scene

By John Greenfield | Nov 21, 2016 | No Comments

Police are searching for the driver of an SUV who fatally struck a 23-year-old man on the Near North Side early Sunday morning and sped away from the crash site. On Sunday at about 4 a.m. Phillip Levato was walking in the intersection of Chicago Avenue and LaSalle Street, according to police. There he was […]

Driver Who Killed Noah Katz, 2, In Portage Park Charged With Misdemeanors

By John Greenfield | Nov 14, 2016 | 20 Comments

A two-year-old boy is dead and his mother is injured after a driver blew a stop sign and failed to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk while turning left in Portage Park, according to police. At around 4:10 p.m. Sunday, Noah Katz, 2, and his 39-year-old mother were crossing eastbound in the south leg of […]

2016 Is on Track to Be a Deadlier Year for Chicago Pedestrians Than Usual

By John Greenfield | Nov 4, 2016 | 1 Comment

The number of Chicago pedestrian deaths this August was 67 percent higher than the average for the last several years, and 2017 is shaping up to be a deadlier-than-average year for people on foot, according to data from local officials. At a Mayor’s Pedestrian Advisory Council meeting on Wednesday, deputy transportation commissioner Luann Hamilton discussed […]

Today’s Crash, Nick Fox’s Passing Bring 2016 Chicago Bike Death Toll to Six

By John Greenfield | Sep 26, 2016 | 28 Comments

Tragically, last week’s epidemic of bike fatalities and serious injury crashes in the Chicago region, has continued into this week. This morning a young woman was fatally struck by a flatbed truck driver in Roscoe Village. She was the sixth person to be struck and killed by a commercial vehicle driver while biking in Chicago […]

Driver Cited for Negligence After Fatally Striking Man in Dunning

By John Greenfield | Aug 30, 2016 | 1 Comment

The motorist who struck and killed an as-yet-unidentified man in the Dunning neighborhood early Sunday morning has received two citations. At about 12:40 a.m. Sunday, a man who appeared to be in his fifties was crossing southbound on the 7900 block of West Belmont, according to Officer Jose Estrada from Police News Affairs. The man’s […]

Jessie Rosales, 45, Fatally Struck in Lawndale Alley by Hit-and-Run Driver

By John Greenfield | Aug 29, 2016 | 1 Comment

45-year-old Jessie Rosales was struck and killed in the North Lawndale neighborhood by a motorist who fled the scene last Friday, according to police. At about 10 p.m. the driver of a dark-colored vehicle was heading south on the 1500 block of South Karlov Avenue when they made a left turn, eastbound, into the north […]

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