Pedestrian Fatality
Pedestrian fatally struck at Chicago/DLSD, which has stoplights, but no east-west crosswalks
Perhaps it would be wise to install a pedestrian crosswalk or two at the intersection in the future.
5 weeks after reckless driver killed woman in front of Ald. Sigcho-Lopez’s office, hit-and-run killing committed one block away
Hopefully this second death will make it even more obvious to city and state officials that Cermak needs to made safer, and they will take action.
Man, 70, fatally struck by turning SUV driver, is the third vulnerable road user killed on Pulaski this year
Pulaski is generally a five-lane street, which encourages speeding.
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed Lydia Morales, 46, in 5900 block of South King, next to Washington Park
Hit-and-run car driver killed male pedestrian, 56, on stretch of Independence crossing Eisenhower
The crash report says the responding officers were unable to find Police Observation Device cameras that recorded the incident.
Turning SUV driver failed to yield to woman, 48, in Pilsen crosswalk, killing her in front of 25th Ward office
"[This is] even more reason for the alderman to step up and do something about traffic safety in this city," said a Streetsblog reader.
CPD knows owner of car whose driver killed Ulysses Coleman, 38, Sunday in Austin, but hasn’t filed charges
Hopefully the police department will use all legal methods available to identify and charge the motorist who killed Coleman.
Hit-and-run driver killed pedestrian Soyfa Athamanah, 69, as she crossed Broadway in Uptown.
Sun-Times photographer Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere witnessed the killing, and said he thinks it was intentional.
