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Driving

Hit-and-run driver killed cancer survivor Sophie Elizabeth Allen, 27, near Wrigley Field

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Chicago Policy

5+ years after senior was killed at Surf/Broadway, CDOT is finally installing a crosswalk

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Drivers killed 2 people walking in the Loop and Avalon Park Memorial Day Weekend

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Hit-and-run minivan driver struck and killed Kenneth Harvey Burender, 32, in Ashburn

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Hit-and-run driver in custody after killing male pedestrian on South Side

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Reckless, unlicensed driver cut short the life of Kawantis Robinson, 5, in Englewood

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Driver fatally struck pedestrian Refaat Shafikmeshreki, 71, in Douglas

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Bicycling

Driver, possibly fleeing traffic stop, fatally struck Lakisel Thomas, 43, in Englewood

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Linda Washington, 50, killed while walking at 79th/Lafayette, a deadly intersection

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Patsy Ely, 62, killed in Logan DUI crash, was first Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2021

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