Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Male Pedestrian in Chatham and Dragged Him 5 Blocks
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The victim was the 36th Chicago on-street pedestrian fatality of 2018.
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Driver Fatally Struck Jesus Lopez, 72, In Gage Park
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Update 10/29/18, 5 PM: Info provided by Police News Affairs this afternoon contradicted earlier reports that this crash took place on the 6100 block of South California. The post had been updated accordingly. A motorist struck pedestrian Jesus Lopez, 72, earlier this month in Gage Park, causing injuries that led to the victim’s death two weeks […]
Connie Mangrum, 52, Killed in Possibly Intentional Hit-and-Run Crash in Englewood
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A hit-and-run van driver fatally struck Connie Mangrum, 52, Thursday morning as she walked in Englewood. Witnesses said the crash appeared to be intentional. According to police, at about 11:15 a.m. Mangrum was walking with Javonte Kirkland, 19, on the 5600 block of South Racine when the driver of a silver van, possibly a Dodge […]
BMW Driver Fatally Struck Lorraine Campion, 91, as She Crossed Street in Edgewater
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Campion was the 30th pedestrian to be struck and killed in Chicago this year.
No Citatations for Driver Who Killed Alvina Santillan, 87, in a Scottsdale Crosswalk
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Santillan was the 29th pedestrian fatatally in Chicago in 2018.
Photos Released of Car Whose Driver Fatally Struck Robert Davis, 50, in South Chicago
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Davis was the 25th pedestrian fatally struck in Chicago this year.
Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Killed Longtime Belmont Cragin Florist Alberto Zavala, 64
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Zaval was the 24th pedestrian killed in Chicago this year.
CDOT Commissioner: This Year’s Spike in Pedestrian Fatalities “Is Very Troubling”
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There were 18 pedestrian deaths this year as of April 30 -- a 45 percent increase over the previous five years.
Allegedly Drunk Driver Struck and Killed Sandra A. Mitchell, 47, in Archer Heights
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Mitchell was the 21st Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2018.
Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Tyrone Fizer, 57, in Park Manor
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Fizer was the 20th Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2018.
Hit-and-Run SUV Driver Struck and Killed Dorata Cieslinska, 56, in Boystown
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This was the second pedestrian fatality on the block in less than three years.