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Hit-and-run driver killed Michael Cotton, 60, in Gresham
Cotton was the 6th Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2020.
March 21, 2020
Elderly driver killed country singer Lindsey Lagestee, 25, in Mount Greenwood
Lagestee, who sang for the band Dixie Crush, was on her way to a Valentine's Day performance when the driver killed her.
February 24, 2020
Christopher T. Davis, 19, killed after Metra/car collision at crash-prone intersection
There were four train-motor vehicle crashes at the 87th/Pulaski Metra crossing over the past eight years, including a 2015 collision that killed two motorists.
February 18, 2020
Chicago saw a 20% drop in traffic deaths in 2019, but little decrease in ped fatalities
So far three pedestrians have been killed on Chicago streets in 2020.
February 13, 2020
Mohamed Salah Ali, 29, killed at Museum Campus intersection where ped access is banned
The victim was the second pedestrian killed on Chicago streets this year.
February 4, 2020
Turning driver fatally struck Trayvion West, 13, in South Chicago crosswalk
West was killed about two weeks after another driver critically injured a five-year-old boy in an Avondale crosswalk.
November 25, 2019
Hit-and-run driver killed USMC vet Michael Flood, 73, in Beverly
Flood was the 35th pedestrian fatality of 2019.
November 18, 2019
Police: Trucker ran stop sign at Dickens/Pulaski, killing DeMarco Quinn Edwards, 32
The victim was the 34th pedestrian fatality on Chicago streets this year.
October 14, 2019
Adolf Urbanowicz, 94, and Felix Martinez, 45, died last week after drivers struck them
Drivers have fatally struck 35 pedestrians this year in Chicago.
September 24, 2019
Trucker who killed expectant mother Elizabeth Boshardy, 29, got a single failure-to-yield ticket
Meanwhile the driver who killed Ismael Montez Maldonado, 43, the day before is still at large.
September 18, 2019
