Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Fatality Tracker

The 3000 block of North Cicero. Image: Google Maps

Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Solomon Gutierrez, 50, in Belmont-Cragin

By John Greenfield | Mar 7, 2019 | No Comments

Gutierrez was the 5th pedestrian killed in Chicago this year.

The truck from the crash. Image: CBS Chicago

Turning Trucker With No Side Guards Killed Anthony Macedo, 14, in Gage Park

By John Greenfield | Mar 6, 2019 | 12 Comments

Although a Chicago ordinance requires side guards, which might have prevented Macedo's death, on some trucks operating in the city, it likely didn't cover this one.

Driver Fatally Struck Chamber Orchestra Founder Robert Boarde Green, 82, in Chartham

By John Greenfield | Jan 23, 2019 | No Comments

Green was the second Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2019.

The 1500 block of West Wilson. Image: Google Maps

SUV Driver Cited After Fatally Striking Peter Hicks, 61, in Ravenswood

By John Greenfield | Dec 17, 2018 | No Comments

Hicks was the 39th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.

The 7400 block of South Cicero. Image: google Maps

Pickup Driver Struck and Killed Charlotte Butsch, 74, by Ford City Mall

By John Greenfield | Nov 23, 2018 | 1 Comment

Butsch was the 37th person fatally struck on Chicago streets in 2018.

The 3900 block of West Washington. Image: Google Maps

Uninsured Driver Fatally Struck Eloy Camacho, 67, in West Garfield Park

By John Greenfield | Nov 23, 2018 | No Comments

Camacho was the 36th pedestrian fatally struck on Chicago streets this year.

79th and Cottage Grove. Image: Google Maps.

Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Male Pedestrian in Chatham and Dragged Him 5 Blocks

By John Greenfield | Oct 30, 2018 | 5 Comments

The victim was the 36th Chicago on-street pedestrian fatality of 2018.

The 5300 block of South Western. Image: Google Maps

Driver Fatally Struck Jesus Lopez, 72, In Gage Park

By John Greenfield | Oct 29, 2018 | 1 Comment

Update 10/29/18, 5 PM: Info provided by Police News Affairs this afternoon contradicted earlier reports that this crash took place on the 6100 block of South California. The post had been updated accordingly. A motorist struck pedestrian Jesus Lopez, 72, earlier this month in Gage Park, causing injuries that led to the victim’s death two weeks […]

The crash site, looking east. Image: Google Street View

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