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Driving

Demetrio Ruiz Macias, 47, killed by hit-and-run driver, was the 9th Chicago bike fatality this year

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Driver killed Araceli Gutierrez, 48, and Giovanne Bucio, 12, during Christmas preparations

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Allegedly speeding Mercedes driver killed wheelchair user Marvin Brown, 84, in Englewood

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Pickup truck driver fatally struck Michael Guzman, 31, in West Rogers Park

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Hit and-run drivers killed pedestrians in Little Village, Chatham last week

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Driver fleeing traffic stop kills UIC grad student Tushar Sharma, 27, on Near West Side

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Bicycling

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

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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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