Ana Fernandez, 77, died from her injuries on Saturday, February 2, a month after a driver struck her in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side.
On Wednesday, January 2, at around 10:20 a.m., Fernandez was crossing Addison Avenue southbound in the 7600 block, near Oriole Avenue, when the motorist, who was heading west on Addison, struck her, according to Police News Affairs.
Police cited the driver for failure to reduce speed to prevent a crash, and failure to exercise due care for a pedestrian in the road, according to News Affairs.
Fatality Tracker: 2019 Chicago pedestrian and bicyclist deaths
Pedestrian: 3
Note: Streetsblog Chicago’s traffic death numbers represent fatal crashes on Chicago streets, based on media reports for January and February.
