After Drivers Kill 3 Seniors in the Niles Area Within a Month, Police Scold Pedestrians
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Admonishing pedestrians to not use cell phones and wear reflective material is easier than actually taking steps to make them safer.
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Pedestrian Fatalities
Driver Fatally Struck Chamber Orchestra Founder Robert Boarde Green, 82, in Chartham
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Green was the second Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2019.
Van Driver Fatally Struck Roy Faust Jr., 53, in Jefferson Park
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The victim was the first pedestrian fatality of 2019.
SUV Driver Cited After Fatally Striking Peter Hicks, 61, in Ravenswood
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Hicks was the 39th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
Pickup Driver Struck and Killed Charlotte Butsch, 74, by Ford City Mall
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Butsch was the 37th person fatally struck on Chicago streets in 2018.
Uninsured Driver Fatally Struck Eloy Camacho, 67, in West Garfield Park
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Camacho was the 36th pedestrian fatally struck on Chicago streets this year.
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.
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.