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Hit-and-Run Van Driver Kills Senior in Englewood

By John Greenfield | Jan 2, 2014 | 6 Comments

View Larger MapThe crash site, 1019 West 59th. Englewood resident Jeffrey Bond, 65, struck by a motorist who fled the scene, was the last reported Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2013. Bond stepped off the curb midblock at 1019 West 59th when the driver of an eastbound maroon or brown van hit him around 4:40 p.m. […]

Elderly Pedestrian Killed in Lakeview Crash

By John Greenfield | Dec 16, 2013 | 12 Comments

View Larger Map The crash site, from the driver’s perspective. A van driver fatally struck an 80-year-old man at the intersection of Ashland and Wellington Thursday morning, according to authorities. Jamie Ramirez was crossing eastbound at 8:45 a.m. when he was hit by the 50-year-old driver of a northbound 2006 Kia van, said Officer Janel […]

Drunk Driver Kills Former Marine on Bike in Douglas Park

By John Greenfield | Dec 9, 2013 | 28 Comments

Robert Vais, 54, an administrator at Stroger Hospital, is charged with a felony aggravated DUI and two misdemeanor DUI charges after he fatally struck cyclist Hector Avalos, 28, with his van Friday night. Avalos, from the 1800 block of West Cermak, was biking back to the Southwest Side after leaving his job as a cook […]

Death of Pedestrian in Austin Ruled a Vehicular Homicide

By John Greenfield | Nov 19, 2013 | 2 Comments

View Larger Map The alley where the victim was found. Following an autopsy, the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an SUV driver and found in an Austin alley early Sunday morning has been ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. LaTasha Amos, 37, was found unresponsive […]

Bicyclist Dies After Crash at Central and Addison in Portage Park

By John Greenfield | Jul 24, 2013 | 10 Comments

View Larger Map The Central and Addison intersection, from the cyclist’s point of view. A 33-year-old bicyclist died early this morning from injuries sustained in a crash Monday afternoon in the Portage Park neighborhood, according to Officer Jose Estrada from Police News Affairs. The cyclist, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office as Rafael […]

Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run on Avondale’s Polish Business Strip

By John Greenfield | Jul 15, 2013 | 14 Comments

View Larger Map Driver’s viewpoint of the crash site. This image was taken in October 2011, before continental crosswalks were striped. Around midnight on Saturday night, a 51-year-old pedestrian was killed on the 3000 block of North Milwaukee by a driver who fled the scene, police said. This block, in the Avondale neighborhood, is dense […]

Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Pedestrians in Englewood and Bridgeport on Friday

By John Greenfield | Jun 18, 2013 | 19 Comments

Last week two different people lost their lives to hit-and-run drivers, in two different South Side neighborhoods, on the same day. Both of the drivers are still at large. On Friday at about 3:40 a.m., a southbound motorist fatally struck Timothy Jones, 41, of the 200 block of South Sacramento, in the 6000 block of […]

Driver Kills Cyclist on Clybourn, Where IDOT Is Blocking Protected Bike Lanes

By Steven Vance | May 30, 2013 | 43 Comments

Police are questioning the driver of a Mercedes who was involved in a head-on collision with an Inifiti and then fatally struck cyclist Robert “Bobby” Cann, 26, from behind. The crash took place while the Mercedes driver and Cann were traveling southeast on Clybourn Avenue near Larrabee Street in Old Town. The driver, who stayed […]

Driver Strikes, Kills Cyclist From Behind on Speedway Between Cemeteries

By John Greenfield | May 21, 2013 | 9 Comments

View Larger Map 7800 block of West Irving Park Road. On Tuesday, May 14, around 9:10 pm, 83-year-old Leonard Ratajczyk was bicycling west on the 7800 block of West Irving Park Road in the Irving Woods neighborhood when the driver of a westbound Chevy Malibu struck and killed him, according to Police News Affairs Officer […]

Truck Driver Kills 24-Year-Old Woman Crossing Kennedy Exit

By Steven Vance | Apr 23, 2013 | 22 Comments

The driver of a vegetable oil tanker ran over and killed Catherine Cong Ye, 24, as she crossed a Kennedy Expressway off-ramp along Randolph Street while walking toward the Loop yesterday morning at around 8:30 a.m, reports ABC7. The driver was turning right onto westbound Randolph Street when the ladder on the right side of […]

Basketball Recruiter Killed in Hit-and-Run on Speeding-Plagued Division

By John Greenfield | Apr 16, 2013 | 6 Comments

The crash site as seen from the driver’s perspective. View larger map. Around 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, just after the last bars closed, Billy Taylor had picked up some food at Goose Island Shrimp House, 1011 West Division, and was walking back to his car on the other side of the street. A […]

Fatality Tracker: Drunk Driver Kills 1 Ped and Injures 2 in Cragin

By John Greenfield | Feb 19, 2013 | 3 Comments

View Larger Map 3100 block of North Central Avenue. 2013 Chicago fatality stats*: Pedestrian: 4 (3 were from a hit-and-run crash) Pedalcyclist: 0 Transit: 1 It’s always tragic when an individual’s poor choices lead to the injury or death of innocent people. Case in point was the senseless killing of Mario Ortega, 38, and serious […]

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