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Driving

Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Octavio Bahena Urquiza, 38, in Hermosa

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Chicago Policy

Ja’lon James, 11, struck in N. Lawndale is 3rd Chicago child killed in 2 weeks

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Wilberto Rivera, 67, died 2 weeks after being struck on North Ave. in Humboldt Park

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SUV driver killed Raphael “Rafi” Cardenas as he rode a scooter in Lincoln Square

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Bicycling

An SUV driver killed Martha Velazquez on Columbus in Ashburn. A road diet is planned.

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Three South Side pedestrian crash fatality cases from earlier this year

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Motorcycle rider fatally struck Timothy Kast, 46, crossing 5-lane street in Portage Park

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Left-turning van driver who failed to yield killed Berta Arroyo Salgado, 73, in West Town

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Beyond Chicagoland

BMW driver killed Concepcion Lopez, 82, at bus stop on Peterson Ave. in West Ridge

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Reckless driver runs red in Illinois Medical District, strikes car, kills man, 33, on sidewalk

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