Pedestrian Fatalities
Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Marcela Herrera, 22, and seriously injured her fiancé, Saturday at Cullerton/Ashland in Pilsen
About two months earlier, a turning trucker killed a 44-year-old man in a crosswalk at Cermak/Ashland, just two blocks south.
Turning trucker allegedly disobeyed signal and fatally struck man, 44, next to Juarez High in Pilsen
Driver of pickup with high front end fatally struck Xyaire Askew, 4, Sunday evening in Avalon Park
The driver said he didn't see the boy before running him over, possibly due in part to the design of his vehicle.
Turning driver who failed to yield killed married couple Zofia Chruszcz, 72, and Ryszard Stebnicki, 75
Video shows that the seniors were walking to church when the motorist ran them down in an unmarked crosswalk at Archer/McVicker in Garfield Ridge.