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Driving

Turning driver fatally struck Trayvion West, 13, in South Chicago crosswalk

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Hit-and-run driver killed USMC vet Michael Flood, 73, in Beverly

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Police: Trucker ran stop sign at Dickens/Pulaski, killing DeMarco Quinn Edwards, 32

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Adolf Urbanowicz, 94, and Felix Martinez, 45, died last week after drivers struck them

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Trucker who killed expectant mother Elizabeth Boshardy, 29, got a single failure-to-yield ticket

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Drivers killed two pedestrians within 2 days on highway-like streets in River North

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CPD Has Reportedly Identified Person of Interest in Hit-and-Run Killing of Joseph Ruta

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Hit-and-Run Driver Fatally Struck Mark Dandridge, 54, in Burnside

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Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Joseph Ruta, 56, in Lakeview

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SUV Driver Fatally Struck Man, 62, in the Ashburn Neighborhood

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