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Bicycling

9 years for Sophie Allen’s killer is a rare example of consequences for a hit-and-run

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Design

Man killed by hit-and-run driver is 5th person fatally struck at 79th/Lafayette since 2015

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Driving

Roy Lee, 21, struck by hit-and-run driver in Englewood, was 1st Chicago ped fatality of 2023

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Chicago Policy

Hit-and-run driver dragged and killed man, 63, injured male wheelchair user, 56, in Brainerd

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Driver who fatally struck Juana Tapia Lopez, 56, on November 20 in Little Village is still at large

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

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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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