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Bicycling

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Chicago Policy

Driver killed retired CPD officer Richard Haljean, 57, on speed-plagued stretch of Touhy

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Driving

Hit-and-run driver killed Angel Thomas, 37, as she got in her car in W. Garfield Park

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Police seek Jeep driver who killed pedestrian at Belmont/Menard on NYE

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Connie Ratzel, 81, who recently ran a marathon, fatally struck on 4-lane road in Morgan Park

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Woman fatally struck while waiting for bus by driver who ran red, hit another car

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With a suspect charged, hit-and-run victim Sophie Allen may finally get justice

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Speeding driver killed Kaidon Bell, 14, critically injured girl, 12, in North Lawndale

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For the second time in four days, driver strikes another car, then kills a pedestrian

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Drivers killed 2 female pedestrians in West Ridge, man on bike in Back of the Yards

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