Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Pedestrian Fatalities

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 […]

Driver Who Had Been Drinking Fatally Strikes Man, Flees the Scene

By John Greenfield | Jun 7, 2016 | 3 Comments

A motorist is facing reckless homicide charges after she struck and killed a 51-year-old man last month in the South Side’s Avalon Park neighborhood while driving as much as 50 mph, and then fled the scene. Around 11:10 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, the male pedestrian was crossing in a crosswalk in the 7900 block […]

Driver Who Fatally Struck Woman on Southwest Side Allegedly Fled at 80 mph

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2016 | No Comments

Reckless homicide and DUI charges have been filed against a driver who allegedly killed a woman and injured a man last weekend in the Vittum Park neighborhood near Midway Airport. At a hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors said that about 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Cicero resident Guadalupe Chavez, 42, and a 39-year-old man had parked on the […]

Marquette Park Man Dies 2 Weeks After Hit-and-Run Driver Struck Him

By John Greenfield | Mar 29, 2016 | No Comments

Julian Guerra, of the 7100 block of South Mozart in Marquette Park, died on Saturday, after being struck by a hit-and-run motorist two weeks prior. On Saturday, March 12, at 6:03 p.m., Guerra was walking southbound across the 3000 block of West 71st, near his home, when the driver struck him, according to authorities. The […]

Police Searching for Driver Who Killed Senior in Chicago Lawn 2 Months Ago

By John Greenfield | Mar 16, 2016 | No Comments

The Chicago Police Department hasn’t yet apprehended the driver who fatally struck a 73-year-old woman in January and fled the scene. On Tuesday, January 19, at 2:08 p.m., Grazina Siaciuliene, 73, of Poland, was struck by the driver of a minivan on the 6400 block of South Kedzie in Chicago Lawn, the Sun-Times reported yesterday. […]

Senior Struck Nearly Two Months Ago by Hit-and-Run Driver Has Died

By John Greenfield | Mar 15, 2016 | 2 Comments

An 80-year-old man died early last Thursday from injuries sustained almost two months ago, when he was struck by a motorist who fled the scene. On Monday, January 18, at 8:24 a.m., Jessie Tanner was struck on the 4000 block of West Congress in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, according to authorities. The driver left […]

Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Crashes Are All Too Common in Chicago

By John Greenfield | Mar 8, 2016 | No Comments

[The Chicago Reader recently launched a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. This partnership allows Streetsblog to extend the reach of our livable streets advocacy. We syndicate a portion of the column after it comes out online; you can read the remainder on the Reader’s website or in print. The paper hits the streets […]

Driver Fatally Strikes 45-Year-Old Woman in Avalon Park

By John Greenfield | Mar 3, 2016 | 6 Comments

A 45-year-old woman was struck and killed Tuesday night while walking across Stony Island Avenue in the 8100 block of South Stony Island in the Avalon Park neighborhood. At around 8:15 p.m., the woman was crossing the southbound lanes of Stony Island when she was hit by a southbound motorist, according to Officer Hector Alfaro […]

Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Killed 34-Year-Old Man in Avondale

By John Greenfield | Feb 23, 2016 | 1 Comment

Police are searching for the hit-and-run motorist who fatally struck Christopher Sanchez, 34, at the intersection of Belmont and Milwaukee early Sunday morning. At about 5:20 a.m. on Sunday, Sanchez was crossing Milwaukee on foot when the driver of a northwest-bound white Ford SUV struck him, police said. The motorist then fled northwest on Milwaukee, […]

Senior Fatally Struck on Near North Side by Truck Driver Who Failed to Yield

By John Greenfield | Jan 14, 2016 | 2 Comments

Charges are pending against a truck driver who fatally struck a 74-year-old woman on Tuesday near Division and LaSalle streets. At about 11:55 a.m., Georgiana Henley was walking on the 100 block of West Division, according to Officer Anna Pacheco from Police News Affairs. The trucker attempted to make a turn and failed to yield, […]

Slow Roll Chicago Mourns the Loss of Member Marian Hayes to a Traffic Crash

By John Greenfield | Jan 12, 2016 | 7 Comments

Slow Roll Chicago member Marian Hayes, an artist, educator, gallery curator, poet, and jazz DJ, died last Sunday, two days after being struck by a driver while walking in the Ashburn neighborhood. On Friday, January 8, at around 5 p.m., Hayes, 61, was walking near the intersection of 87th Street and Kedzie Avenue, according to […]

Driver Fatally Strikes Pedestrian in Auburn Gresham and Flees the Scene

By John Greenfield | Jan 8, 2016 | No Comments

Police are searching for the motorist who struck and killed Linnes Walker, 55, in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood last week. In the early evening of December 28, Walker, of the 7500 block of South May, walked to nearby Colony Food & Liquors, 7555 South Racine, which he usually visited twice a day, ABC reported. When […]

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