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Driver fatally struck William Meritt, 57, on the Near West Side
The victim was the eighth pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
May 7, 2020
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed man in Little Village crosswalk.
The victim was the 7th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
April 27, 2020
Hit-and-run driver killed Michael Cotton, 60, in Gresham
Cotton was the 6th Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2020.
March 21, 2020
Driver killed man, 61, biking on Lake Street, near site where cyclist was killed in September
The victim was the first Chicago bike fatality of 2020.
March 2, 2020
Elderly driver killed country singer Lindsey Lagestee, 25, in Mount Greenwood
Lagestee, who sang for the band Dixie Crush, was on her way to a Valentine's Day performance when the driver killed her.
February 24, 2020
Mohamed Salah Ali, 29, killed at Museum Campus intersection where ped access is banned
The victim was the second pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
February 4, 2020
Turning driver fatally struck Trayvion West, 13, in South Chicago crosswalk
West was killed about two weeks after another driver critically injured a five-year-old boy in an Avondale crosswalk.
November 25, 2019
Driver who killed cyclist Lee Luellen charged, CDP retracts victim-blaming statement
Although Luellen was the second cyclist killed on Stony Island Avenue in recent years, local alderman Leslie Hairston has doubled down on her resistance to installing protected bike lanes on the street.
November 19, 2019
“Human protected bike lane” tonight will honor Carla Aiello, 37, killed by turning trucker
The victim was a least the 5th female or GNC individual on a bike in Chicago killed by a turning trucker since summer 2006.
November 6, 2019
Police: Trucker ran stop sign at Dickens/Pulaski, killing DeMarco Quinn Edwards, 32
The victim was the 34th pedestrian fatality on Chicago streets this year.
October 14, 2019
