Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Fatality Tracker

“Good Son” Fatally Struck After Car’s Passenger Grabs Steering Wheel

By John Greenfield | Dec 29, 2014 | 4 Comments

A Gage Park man was struck and killed earlier this month after a passenger in a car punched the driver and yanked on the steering wheel, police said. Columbia College student and Redbox employee Eddie Fuentes, 24, was serving as a designated driver after a holiday party two weekends ago, ABC reported. In the early […]

Driver Fatally Strikes 53-Year-Old Woman in Wicker Park

By John Greenfield | Dec 9, 2014 | 19 Comments

Last night, a young woman driving out of a drug store parking lot struck and killed a female pedestrian in Wicker Park, according to Officer Janel Sedovic from News Affairs. At about 7:40 p.m., Samar Khan, 23, was exiting the parking lot of the CVS at 1200 North Ashland in her Nissan Juke mini-SUV, Sedovic […]

Cyclist Dies a Few Weeks After Being Struck by 89-Year-Old Driver

By John Greenfield | Nov 10, 2014 | 14 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site at Lincoln, Addison and Ravenswood. A bicyclist who was struck from behind by an elderly driver in September has died from his injuries.On September 27, around 7:35 p.m., Joseph Korner was bicycling north near 3559 North Lincoln in Lakeview, according to Officer José Estrada from Police News Affairs. Korner, […]

Pedestrian Lida Xhelo Killed After SUV Driver Collides With Another Vehicle

By John Greenfield | Nov 5, 2014 | No Comments

View Larger Map The crash site. A Belmont-Craigin woman is dead after being struck by an SUV driver who had crashed into a second car. Around 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, the SUV driver was traveling south on Austin Avenue and made an abrupt left turn to head east on Belmont Avenue, according to Officer José Estrada from […]

Pedestrian Killed on Near West Side

By John Greenfield | Oct 17, 2014 | 5 Comments

View Larger Map The 1100 block of West Roosevelt, looking westbound. Yesterday morning, a 57-year-old pedestrian died after being fatally struck on the 1100 block of West Roosevelt, which is located just west of St. Ignatius College Prep. At about 6:30 a.m., several witnesses observed the man “walking against traffic,” according to Officer Bari Lemmon […]

Emily Fredbloom Dies After Taxi Crash on the LaSalle Street Speedway

By John Greenfield | Sep 23, 2014 | 27 Comments

View Larger Map The 1400 block of North LaSalle, where Emily Fredbloom was struck. Last Friday, Emily Fredbloom, 26, died from injuries sustained in late August, when she was struck by a cab driver while crossing LaSalle Street in Old Town. On the Near North Side, LaSalle is a wide, five-lane street, which encourages speeding […]

Woman Fatally Struck by CTA Bus Driver in Brighton Park

By John Greenfield | Sep 17, 2014 | 1 Comment

View Larger Map 47th and Western from the bus driver’s perspective. Last Saturday, Celia Sauseda, 54, was killed after a CTA bus driver struck her at 47th Street and Western Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood. Sauseda, of the 4800 block of South Damen, was struck by a westbound #47 bus at about 6:20 a.m., […]

Cyclist Killed in Collision With Driver Is Bridgeport’s 2nd Bike Fatality in 2014

By John Greenfield | Sep 5, 2014 | 2 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site from the cyclist’s point of view. A 20-year-old bicycle rider who died after a collision with a Jeep driver was the second person killed in a bike crash in the Bridgeport neighborhood this year. On May 29, Suai Xie, 59, was cycling on the 2900 block of South Poplar […]

Man Killed in Little Village Was 3rd Vehicular Homicide Victim of 2014

By John Greenfield | Sep 3, 2014 | 6 Comments

View Larger Map The 4000 block of West 26th Street. A Brighton Park man who was beaten and then run over by a motorist early Sunday morning was the third victim of a vehicular homicide this year. On Monday, April 28, Darrell Cooper, 41, intentionally struck and killed Artez McBride, 20, in South Austin following […]

Man Killed Sunday Was 4th Person Fatally Struck on North Avenue This Year

By John Greenfield | Aug 26, 2014 | 22 Comments

View Larger Map The 2700 Block of West North Avenue. A man killed by an allegedly drunk driver Sunday is the latest in a series of people fatally struck on speeding-plagued North Avenue, in 2014. Around 8:25 p.m. Sunday, a 55-year-old man was crossing northbound on the 2700 block of North Avenue near Cermak Produce, […]

Man Dies 3 Days After Bike-Truck Crash in Archer Heights

By John Greenfield | Aug 11, 2014 | 7 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site, looking northeast on Archer. A 55-year old man died Thursday afternoon, three days after a truck driver struck him on his bicycle in the Archer Heights neighborhood. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the man as Leopoldo Rodgriguez, of the 5000 block of South California in the Gage […]

Speeding Driver Kills Elderly Man, Injures 5 in Edgewater Pileup

By John Greenfield | Jul 31, 2014 | 3 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site, from the driver’s perspective. A senior is dead and five others are injured, after a reckless driver crashed into several parked cars in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood, officials said. At around 11:12 a.m. Wednesday, a 58-year-old man was driving a Ford Focus sedan northbound on Sheridan at a high […]

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