Drivers killed 2 female pedestrians in West Ridge, man on bike in Back of the Yards
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Drivers have fatally struck 20 pedestrians and 9 bicyclists on Chicago streets this year.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Bike Fatalities
2nd person in 2 months is killed on stretch of Milwaukee where road diet was blocked
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If speed was a factor in these crashes, having fewer travel lanes would have encouraged the drivers to obey the speed limit, and perhaps these tragedies could have been averted.
Driver killed cyclist Jason Hardt, 48, on road where protected bike lanes were removed
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When safe bike infrastructure is downgraded or delayed, it can have deadly consequences.
After 2 cyclist deaths, Logan/Western is finally getting road diet, protected lanes
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It's great that these needed improvements are coming to Logan/Western at last, but tragic that they weren't done before two young men lost their lives.
Witnesses discuss George Sawicki’s bike crash death near Soldier Field
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The two witnesses, employees of an event rental company corroborated the initial Chicago Police Department statement that the victim "struck a parked truck."
Cyclist George Sawicki, 70, died after he “struck” illegally parked truck on Museum Campus Drive
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Streetsblog Chicago is seeking more details on this case. As is usually the case in fatal bike crashes, the victim did not have a chance to tell his side of the story.
Cop who killed Hershel Weinberger was suspended after drunken suicide threat
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It's not clear whether terminating the officer back in 2000 would have prevented him from killing the boy on his bicycle, but the cop deserves to be fired for his recklessness now.
Thomas Travers, 59, fatally struck while biking in on Milwaukee in Jefferson Park
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If a CDOT proposal for a road diet with protected bike lanes hadn't been blocked by local drivers led by an aldermanic candidate, Travers might still be alive.
Off-duty cop who reportedly ran stop sign, killing boy on bike, issued citation
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While the police union president said "any person could be in [the driver's] shoes," witnesses tell a different story.
Driver who killed “School of Rock” drummer Kevin Clark refused DUI blood test
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The motorist was also ticketed for driving too fast for conditions and without insurance, and ticketed for running a stop sign and driving without insurance the previous month in River Forest.
What really happened to Helmut Jahn? Police chief debunks myths about his fatal bike crash
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The Campton Hills chief of police corrects multiple false statements from a victim-blaming article about the tragedy by a former newspaper columnist.