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Driving

SUV driver fatally struck male pedestrian on 5-lane Cicero Avenue in Austin

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Bicycling

Man fatally struck at Chatham bus stop is 2nd pedestrian killed at 79th/King in 2 months

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Allegedly drunk driver fatally struck Luis Martinez Ortiz, 54, early Saturday in Gage Park

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Toddler Hermes Rios-Cardona killed in 2nd hit-and-run ped crash on N. Pulaski in 4 days

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Hit-and-run SUV driver fatally struck Eric Ray, 59, in Chatham

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Chicago Policy

During a weekend of street races, a speeding driver killed Shawman Meireis, 40, on foot

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Chicago’s car-centric streets take the life of another child, Taha Khan, 5, in Sauganash

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Angela Short, 14, was 2nd person killed at a Chicago bus stop this year

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Lawrence Ware, 52, killed in West Garfield, is 2nd Chicago hit-and-run ped fatality in 3 days

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Hit-and-run driver fatally struck Octavio Bahena Urquiza, 38, in Hermosa

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