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Driving

Driver fatally struck Allen Lee Jr., 88, on 5-lane Western Avenue in Morgan Park

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Driver who failed to yield fatally struck Yehuala Melkama, 44, in Uptown crosswalk

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Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Miriam Grande, 70, at Grand/Austin in Belmont Central

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Bicycling

BMW driver fatally struck Gerardo Marciales, 41, as he crossed DLSD on a Divvy bike

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Driver killed retired CPD officer Richard Haljean, 57, on speed-plagued stretch of Touhy

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Police seek Jeep driver who killed pedestrian at Belmont/Menard on NYE

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Connie Ratzel, 81, who recently ran a marathon, fatally struck on 4-lane road in Morgan Park

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Woman fatally struck while waiting for bus by driver who ran red, hit another car

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Jose Velásquez, 16, is the latest bike rider killed by a turning trucker who failed to yield

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Speeding driver killed Kaidon Bell, 14, critically injured girl, 12, in North Lawndale

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