Hit-and-Run Fatalities
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Hit-and-run driver killed cancer survivor Sophie Elizabeth Allen, 27, near Wrigley Field
Sadly, Allen won't have the opportunity to enjoy the rest of the life she fought so hard for, due to the recklessness and cowardice of a driver who didn't even have the decency to take responsibility for his actions.
August 17, 2021
Hit-and-run minivan driver struck and killed Kenneth Harvey Burender, 32, in Ashburn
The victim was the seventh pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
April 7, 2021
Hit-and-run driver in custody after killing male pedestrian on South Side
The victim was the sixth pedestrian killed in Chicago this year.
March 26, 2021
Driver killed Araceli Gutierrez, 48, and Giovanne Bucio, 12, during Christmas preparations
Drivers have killed 34 pedestrians on Chicago streets this year.
December 26, 2020
Hit and-run drivers killed pedestrians in Little Village, Chatham last week
31 pedestrians have died on Chicago streets so far in 2020.
November 30, 2020
Hit-and-run driver killed Mitchell Climons, 55, as he walked near 5th Avenue and Pulaski
Climons was the 22nd pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
October 8, 2020
Family of Issac Martinez, 13, killed on his bike, were joined by cyclists at vigil
Said a neighbor, "It's something that should have never happened with a hit-and-run and a little kid just bicycling through his neighborhood."
June 30, 2020
Driver fatally struck William Meritt, 57, on the Near West Side
The victim was the eighth pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
May 7, 2020
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed man in Little Village crosswalk.
The victim was the 7th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
April 27, 2020
Hit-and-run driver killed Michael Cotton, 60, in Gresham
Cotton was the 6th Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2020.
March 21, 2020
