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Tragically, City records and news stations reported six more Chicago pedestrian fatalities in 2025 than Streetsblog has previously covered
Chicago Police Department and Chicago Department of Transportation records, as well as local news reports, provided information about six more pedestrian deaths not previously covered in Streetsblog's Fatality Tracker posts.
September 1, 2025
Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Marcela Herrera, 22, and seriously injured her fiancé, Saturday at Cullerton/Ashland in Pilsen
About two months earlier, a turning trucker killed a 44-year-old man in a crosswalk at Cermak/Ashland, just two blocks south.
July 25, 2025
Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus member Brendan Siddall, 26, near Waveland/DLSD in Lakeview
Tragically, a hit-and-run car driver struck and killed social service worker, musician, and actor Brendan Siddall, 26, early Saturday morning on North DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Waveland Avenue in Lakeview. Siddell was a member of the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus.
June 23, 2025
The tragic death of Maria Ochoa, 88, is more evidence that traffic calming and a road diet are badly needed to protect seniors and others on Archer
Recently, a reckless driver caused a car crash that killed beloved great-grandmother Maria Ochoa, 88, while she was out on a walk in Chicago's Garfield Ridge. Her family members and neighbors are demanding that the City make safety improvements to help prevent future traffic violence in the area.
June 7, 2025
Turning trucker allegedly disobeyed signal and fatally struck man, 44, next to Juarez High in Pilsen
Tragically, a semi truck driver reportedly disobeyed his signal while making a right turn, and ran over and killed a 44-year-old man, last Friday afternoon next to Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen.
May 19, 2025
Allegedly drunk hit-and-run SUV driver struck and killed a man, 76 Tuesday night in Chicago Lawn
Tragically, a motorist in an SUV fatally struck a senior citizen last Tuesday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood and fled the scene.
May 16, 2025
Allegedly intoxicated driver struck and killed woman, 25, on the sidewalk Tuesday around 4:15 AM in North Lawndale
Tragically, early this morning, a female driver, 21, who was reportedly intoxicated, fatally struck a woman, 25, on the sidewalk in North Lawndale.
April 29, 2025
Pickup driver who killed male pedestrian, 72, at Roosevelt/DLSD cited for failure to exercise due care
On Monday, April 7, at around 5:09 a.m. a pickup driver, 26, fatally struck a 72-year-old male pedestrian at the intersection of Roosevelt Road and DuSable Lake Shore Drive, just west of the Museum Campus. It was reported that the victim had been trying to cross the highway on foot, although it's illegal to do so there.
April 17, 2025
Two special education workers were fatally struck in Chicago in past week: Camryn Green, 26, in Norwood Park and Jamie Cerney, 38, near Midway
Until recently, there appeared to have been no reports of pedestrian or bike fatality cases on the Chicago Police Department's Media Major Incident Notifications website, or in local media reports, since February 1. That was when a trucker fatally struck Hattie Mickell, 76, as she walked in the street on near Madison Street and Western Avenue on the Near West Side.
March 19, 2025
