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Bicycling

Driver fatally struck Czeslaw Kosma, 78, on his bicycle in Jefferson Park

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Driving

Hit-and-run driver killed Mitchell Climons, 55, as he walked near 5th Avenue and Pulaski

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Chicago’s spike in cycling fatalities continues with first e-Divvy death on Near West Side

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Driver in custody after allegedly fatally striking man in Englewood, fleeing the scene

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Hit-and-run drivers killed 3 pedestrians in Chicago in less than 2 weeks

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Chavon Trimble, 28, struck on Near West Side is 2nd person walking killed in Chicago this week

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Semi-truck driver fatally struck Luis Galdos, 41, on North Avenue in Humboldt Park

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Hit-and-run driver struck and killed Walter Williams Jr., 72, in North Lawndale

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SUV driver fatally struck pedestrian John M. Roche Jr., 21, in Mount Greenwood

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Issac Martinez, 13, killed in Ashburn, is 2nd cyclist critically or fatally injured in a week

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