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Man, 46, is 2nd pedestrian struck on multilane Cicero Ave. in less than 4 months
On December 14, 2022, a male pedestrian was walking in 1100 block of South Cicero Avenue in Austin when an SUV driver fatally struck him. The five-lane layout of the street encourages speeding.
March 30, 2023
Guo Ning Li, 78, killed in Chinatown crosswalk by van driver who failed to yield
The incident was the second time in a month that a turning van driver fatally struck a senior in a Chicago crosswalk.
March 28, 2023
FedEx driver said he “didn’t see” Marsha Frankel, 72, before ran over and killed her
Police said the westbound driver of a Fed Ex step van, a 31-year-old male, was making a northbound right turn when he ran over Frankel.
February 22, 2023
Drivers fatally struck Stevenson Mays, 59, in West Englewood; Eric S. Wills, 49, in Gresham
Drivers have fatally struck eight people walking in Chicago so far this year.
February 15, 2023
2 hit-and-run drivers fatally struck delivery driver Jennifer Kelleher, 25, in Austin
Kelleher was hit only about six blocks away from where a 93-year-old woman was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver the previous day.
February 1, 2023
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed woman, 93, walking in crosswalk to Austin post office
In a particularly tragic act of traffic violence, yesterday afternoon an SUV driver struck and killed a 93-year-old woman as she was crossing the street in Austin to mail a letter at a post office less than 50 feet from her home.
January 27, 2023
Anthony Harvey, 33, killed by hit-and-run driver in East Garfield is 4th pedestrian fatality of 2023
Tragically, less than two weeks into the new year, drivers have already struck and killed four people on foot in Chicago.
January 12, 2023
Jaime Cuadra, 47, is 2nd person killed this month at a deadly Dan Ryan / Red Line intersection
A "road diet" is badly needed here, and everywhere else where where overly-large streets contribute to pedestrian fatalities, especially in front of transit stations.
January 9, 2023
Man killed by hit-and-run driver is 5th person fatally struck at 79th/Lafayette since 2015
This recent tragedy is yet more evidence that additional measures are needed to stop drivers from killing people at this intersection.
January 4, 2023
Roy Lee, 21, struck by hit-and-run driver in Englewood, was 1st Chicago ped fatality of 2023
Tragically, just two days into 2023, Chicago already saw its first pedestrian death of the year.
January 3, 2023
