Today’s Headlines for Thursday, January 2
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8:59 AM CST on January 2, 2020
- 3 women killed, 4 injured after driver runs red in Morgan Park on NYE (ABC)
- Tow truck driver Andrew R. Dove-Ferdere, 23, killed on I-290 after responding to earlier crash (Tribune)
- Police release image of SUV from hit-and-run that critically injured woman, 65, at 79th/Cottage (WGN)
- Hit-and-run driver seriously injured male cyclist, 61, in West Englewood (ABC)
- Pregnant woman recounts being beaten and robbed by teens after boarding Red Line at Chicago Ave. (ABC)
- Sun-Times reporter says extreme ride-hail surge pricing kept her stuck at a NYE party (Twitter)
- Curbed Chicago’s top stories of 2019 included a few transportation topics
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