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Driving

SUV driver fatally struck pedestrian John M. Roche Jr., 21, in Mount Greenwood

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Juan Cabral, 55, was one of 6 Chicago vulnerable road users fatally struck in May

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Bicycling

Drivers fatally struck 3 pedestrians and a cyclist in Chicago in the past week

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Driver fatally struck William Meritt, 57, on the Near West Side

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Hit-and-run SUV driver killed man in Little Village crosswalk.

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Hit-and-run driver killed Michael Cotton, 60, in Gresham

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Elderly driver killed country singer Lindsey Lagestee, 25, in Mount Greenwood

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Christopher T. Davis, 19, killed after Metra/car collision at crash-prone intersection

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Chicago Policy

Chicago saw a 20% drop in traffic deaths in 2019, but little decrease in ped fatalities

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Mohamed Salah Ali, 29, killed at Museum Campus intersection where ped access is banned

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