Bike Injury Crashes
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A reckless left-turning driver killed Sylwia Wagner-Jarosz, 43, on bike in Arlington Heights
All too often when drivers fail to yield to other road users when making making a left turn, the result is serious injuries or fatalities.
September 29, 2022
Recently drivers have critically injured people on bikes in West Lawn and Grand Crossing
Within the past few days drivers struck and critically injured a 54-year-old woman in West Lawn on the Southwest Side, as well as a man, 30, in Grand Crossing, on the Mid South Side.
June 1, 2022
Cyclist Paresh Chhatrala, 42, died after crash on Madison, where medians were removed
Compounding the tragedy is the fact that the collision might have been avoided if the city hadn't removed planter medians from the street a couple years ago to facilitate faster driving.
April 18, 2022
Man on bike, 54, critically injured in crash with SUV driver at Bryn Mawr/Nagle intersection
The bike rider suffered an injury to his right leg and multiple lacerations to the body and face, but he is expected to survive.
March 15, 2022
Hit-and-run driver critically injured Alexandra Betzel on her bike in Avondale
While this stretch of Kimball is a popular north-south bike route, and was previously highlighted on the city of Chicago's bike map as a recommended route, it currently has no bikeway treatment.
February 12, 2021
Cyclist injured at Oak/Michigan under similar circumstances as Blaine Klingenberg’s death
Like Klingenberg, the cyclist in last month's crash is accused of running a red. But in Klingenberg's case it turned out there was more to the story.
July 10, 2020
Records indicate bicyclist injured by CDOT trucker is a CDOT safety ambassador
The fact that all signs indicate that the victim was a person hired by CDOT to promote bike safety just makes the irony of a CDOT trucker injuring someone that much more terrible.
July 1, 2020
Why didn’t the police cite an SUV driver who failed to yield to a cyclist, injuring him?
The driver apparently failed to yield to the cyclist while making a left turn onto Clark from a side street.
March 12, 2020
GoFundMe Launched for Bike Crash Victim Sorin Coneac, SUV Driver Still at Large
Miraculously, Coneac is coming home from the hospital less than three weeks after his skull-exposing injury.
August 13, 2019
Not Lichen It: Injured Cyclist Wants Park District to Address the Lakefront Algae Problem
Stephanie Reid slipped on the green stuff and broke her arm while riding. Now she wants to keep others from suffering the same fate -- or worse.
September 14, 2017
