Driver fleeing traffic stop kills UIC grad student Tushar Sharma, 27, on Near West Side
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Sharma was the 29th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets in 2020.
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Hit-and-run driver killed Mitchell Climons, 55, as he walked near 5th Avenue and Pulaski
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Climons was the 22nd pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
Driver in custody after allegedly fatally striking man in Englewood, fleeing the scene
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The victim was the 19th person killed while walking on Chicago streets this year.
Hit-and-run drivers killed 3 pedestrians in Chicago in less than 2 weeks
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The victims included Radame L. Morales, 49, in Humboldt Park; Jose Almanza, 67, in Little Village; and Zoraleigh Ryan, 55, in River North.
Chavon Trimble, 28, struck on Near West Side is 2nd person walking killed in Chicago this week
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The man was the 15th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
Semi-truck driver fatally struck Luis Galdos, 41, on North Avenue in Humboldt Park
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The victim was the 14th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
SUV driver fatally struck pedestrian John M. Roche Jr., 21, in Mount Greenwood
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Roche was the 13 pedestrian fatally struck in Chicago this year.
Juan Cabral, 55, was one of 6 Chicago vulnerable road users fatally struck in May
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Cabral was fatally injured after two drivers collided at 47th and Ashland in Back of the Yards.
Drivers fatally struck 3 pedestrians and a cyclist in Chicago in the past week
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Tragically, the need to create safe space for pedestrians and cyclists, and prevent a dangerous post-COVID spike in driving by enabling safe, socially-distanced walking, transit, and biking, was laid bare this past week.
Driver fatally struck William Meritt, 57, on the Near West Side
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The victim was the eighth pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
Hit-and-run SUV driver killed man in Little Village crosswalk.
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The victim was the 7th pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.