Today’s Headlines for Monday, March 27
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9:42 AM CDT on March 27, 2023
- CDOT’s Biagi “discusses key challenges and achievements she has overcome and accomplished” (Intelligent Transport)
- GoFundMe launched after van driver fatally struck Guo Ning Li 3/19 at 24th/Wentworth in Chinatown
- Hit-and-run driver ran stop sign at Washington/Green Saturday, fatally striking James Richard Thompson, 26 (ABC)
- 1 dead, 1 injured after driver struck another car Saturday morning on 4300 block of N. DLSD and fled scene (ABC)
- Woman, 41, killed after Maserati driver made illegal U-turn Sunday night at 130th/Evans in Altgeld Gardens (CBS)
- Man, 54, dies after being found in LaSalle Blue stairwell, CTA employee in custody for alleged assault (Sun-Times)
- 2 in custody after man, 20, critically beaten on 69th Red Line platform (ABC)
- Activists gathered in Chinatown Sunday to call for better CTA safety in the wake of recent attacks and death (NBC)
- Two Canadian Pacific Railway freight cars derailed in Franklin Park Sunday afternoon, no injuries (NBC)
- “We have to prepare”: Towns grapple with more freight trains heading their way (Herald)
- Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Bolingbrook will serve as Working Bikes donation site from 4/8-30 (Patch)
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– John Greenfield, editor, Streetsblog Chicago
In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John has written about transportation and more for many other local and national publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city and region on foot, bike, bus, and train.
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