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Driving

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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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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