Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Pedestrian Fatalities

Allegedly Intoxicated Driver Fatally Strikes Woman in Back of the Yards

By John Greenfield | Dec 18, 2015 | 5 Comments

A 49-year-old woman was struck and killed by an allegedly intoxicated driver in the Back of the Yards neighborhood early this morning. At about 5:50 this morning, the pedestrian was crossing southbound on the 1900 block of West Garfield Boulevard when the 50-year-old male driver hit her, according to Officer Nicole Trainor from Police News Affairs. […]

Driver Fatally Strikes Man on Expressway, Flees With Body on Windshield

By John Greenfield | Oct 8, 2015 | 1 Comment

An allegedly drunk driver struck and killed a man who was crossing a Chicago expressway on foot, and then drove off with the victim’s body lying on the windshield, according to prosecutors. Adrian Harris, 33, of the 5400 block of West Van Buren Street, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI causing death. Shortly […]

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 […]

NACTO to Take Safer Street Designs to Developing World Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 27, 2014 | No Comments

Last year, the National Association of City Transportation Officials brought us the Urban Street Design Guide, and now it’s going global. A Delhi traffic jam. Traffic collisions kill about 250,000 per year in India. Photo: Wikipedia During the organization’s national conference in San Francisco last Thursday, NACTO chair and former New York City transportation commissioner […]

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 […]

Will Florida DOT Pull Off a “Culture Change” and Make Streets Safer?

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 22, 2014 | No Comments

Holding the distinction of being the most dangerous state for biking and walking seems to have inspired a real reform effort in Florida. Billy Hattaway, Florida DOT District 1 secretary and bike and pedestrian coordinator, is responsible for reducing the state’s horrible pedestrian fatality rate. Photo: BikeWalkLee Darla Letourneau at BikeWalkLee recently attended a talk […]

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., […]

Driver Who Killed Jesse Bradley Got 16-Year Prison Sentence

By John Greenfield | Jul 14, 2014 | 6 Comments

Unfortunately, due to some crossed wires, I didn’t hear about the outcome in the case of Jesse Bradley, a Northwestern law student killed by an intoxicated driver, until recently. However, Streetsblog readers will want to know that Bianca Garcia, the motorist who killed Bradley while drunk and high and then fled the scene, has received […]

Jesse Bradley, Killed in a Hit-and-Run DUI, May Get Justice Soon

By John Greenfield | Mar 26, 2014 | 6 Comments

[This piece also ran in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] The killing of Northwestern University law student Jesse Bradley, thirty-two, in March 2012 was a perfect storm of factors all too common in Chicago pedestrian deaths. Bradley was fatally struck while crossing an overly wide street, […]