Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Fatality Tracker

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

Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Jesse Rodriguez, 67, Near North Shore Channel Trail

By John Greenfield | Sep 24, 2018 | 5 Comments

Chicago has already seen more bike fatalities in 2018 and that the full-year averages for 2012-2016.

The intersection of 83rd and Tripp from the driver's perspective. Image: Google Street View

No Citatations for Driver Who Killed Alvina Santillan, 87, in a Scottsdale Crosswalk

By John Greenfield | Sep 20, 2018

Santillan was the 29th pedestrian fatatally in Chicago in 2018.

The car from the hit-and-run crash. Image: CPD

Photos Released of Car Whose Driver Fatally Struck Robert Davis, 50, in South Chicago

By John Greenfield | Sep 12, 2018

Davis was the 25th pedestrian fatally struck in Chicago this year.

The 4400 block of West Division. Image: Google Street View

Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Cyclist Jimmy Lispier, 42, in West Humboldt Park

By John Greenfield | Aug 30, 2018 | 1 Comment

On the morning of Thursday, August 23, a motorist fatally struck 42-year-old Jimmy Lispier on his bike in West Humboldt Park and fled the scene. According to police, at around 3:15 a.m. an officer responded to a call on the 4400 block of West Division and found Lispier lying unresponsive in the street. His bicycle, […]