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Right-Turning Cement Truck Driver Kills Young Woman on Bike

By John Greenfield | Jul 8, 2014 | 20 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site at Cicero and Belmont. 28-year-old Portage Park resident Barbara “Barbie” Eno was killed on her bicycle last Thursday by a right-turning cement truck driver. That morning, Eno had cycled to the Secretary of State’s office to replace a stolen ID and was returning to her home on the 4800 […]

Teen Charged With Reckless Homicide, DUI After Killing Construction Worker

By John Greenfield | Jun 24, 2014 | 1 Comment

View Larger Map The crash location from the driver’s perspective. Erick A. Lopez, 19, has been charged with reckless homicide and other felonies after he crashed his car into José Tafoya, 58, early Saturday morning on a Brighton Park construction work zone. Lopez, of the 3700 block of West 83rd Place, attended a party on […]

Uninsured Motorist Kills Senior in Jefferson Park

By John Greenfield | Jun 18, 2014 | 4 Comments

View Larger Map The 5900 block of North Elston from the driver’s perspective. A 45-year-old woman struck and killed Joseph Kubica, 77, early Saturday morning in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. Around 12:50 a.m., Kubica was walking across the street on the 5900 block of North Elston, according to Officer José Estrada […]

Cyclist Killed in Bridgeport Hit-and-Run, Driver Charged With Felony

By John Greenfield | Jun 2, 2014 | No Comments

View Larger Map The crash site from the driver’s perspective. A Bridgeport man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly killed a female bicyclist with his van, then fled the scene. The case appears to be the first Chicago bike fatality of 2014. Last Thursday at about 5:35 p.m., Suai Xie, 59, was […]

Young Girl Fatally Struck By CTA Bus Driver

By John Greenfield | May 27, 2014 | 8 Comments

View Larger Map The 7700 block of South Shore Drive from the driver’s perspective. Yesterday around 3:20 p.m., a 19-month-old girl was struck and killed by a CTA bus driver in the South Shore neighborhood. The girl, Cherish C. Meyers, was with a group of people celebrating Memorial Day on the 7700 block of South […]

McKinley Park Murder Is Chicago’s Second Vehicular Homicide in One Week

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2014 | No Comments

View Larger Map 1800 block of West 33rd Place. Last Monday, April 28, a driver intentionally ran over and killed a man in South Austin following an argument. This weekend, another motorist used his car as a murder weapon in McKinley Park, authorities said. On Saturday at about 6:45 a.m., Antonio Mendez, 24, got in […]

Driver Intentionally Runs Over Man in South Austin After Dispute

By John Greenfield | Apr 28, 2014 | No Comments

View Larger Map The crash site, Madison and Central. A motorist was charged with murder after he intentionally ran over a man with his car in South Austin. Early Saturday morning, Darrell Cooper, 41, of the first block of North Lorel, got in a verbal altercation with Artez McBride, 20, who lived one block west […]

Senior Fatally Struck After Exiting Car During Traffic Dispute

By John Greenfield | Apr 21, 2014 | 11 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site at North Avenue and the Kennedy Expressway. Kim Kyeyul, 72, died Saturday morning after he got out of his car to talk with a truck driver following a traffic crash and was then run over by the driver of another semi. Around 6:45 a.m., Kyeyul, a resident of west-suburban […]

Man Dies in Belmont-Central After Being Struck By His Own SUV

By John Greenfield | Apr 10, 2014 | 4 Comments

View Larger Map The crash location on the 2100 block of North Austin. Oscar Vasquez Mendoza, 24, was killed Wednesday when his own SUV rolled over him after he got out of the vehicle to enter the security code on a parking lot gate, according to Officer José Estrada from Police News Affairs. Mendoza, of […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Strikes and Drags Pedestrian in Austin

By John Greenfield | Feb 27, 2014 | No Comments

View Larger Map The crash site from the driver’s perspective. Yesterday the police department’s Major Accidents Investigation Unit issued a community alert in hopes of locating the hit-and-run driver who fatally struck and dragged a male pedestrian in Austin on January 17. Police have not released the name of the victim, and it’s not clear […]

Driver Who Killed Elderly Pedestrian Claims He Didn’t See Him

By John Greenfield | Feb 3, 2014 | 4 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site, from the driver’s perspective. An elderly pedestrian died early Saturday morning after being struck Thursday in Little Village by an SUV driver who claimed he didn’t see the victim. David Vega, 84, of the 2800 block of South Lawndale Avenue, was crossing northbound in the east crosswalk at Landale […]

SUV Driver Kills East Side Woman and Flees the Scene

By John Greenfield | Jan 30, 2014 | 6 Comments

View Larger Map The 10400 block of South Ewing, from the driver’s perspective. In what appears to be the first pedestrian fatality of 2014, an SUV driver fatally struck a 44-year-old woman Saturday on the 10400 block of South Ewing in the East Side neighborhood, then fled the scene. Angelia L. Alvarado, 44, of the […]

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