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Death of pedestrian Sergio Maya, 34, on Sheridan Road highlights the need for a “4 to 3 conversion” street redesign to improve safety
Update 12/17/25, 11 AM: The victim has been publicly identified as Sergio Maya. This post has been updated accordingly.
December 12, 2025
Hattie Mickell, 76, fatally struck by a trucker at Madison/Western was the 2nd female senior killed on foot in the area in about a week
Update 2/4/25, 11:30 AM: The Cook County medical examiner's office has identified the victim of the Near West Side crash as Hattie S. Mickell, 76. She lived about two miles southwest of the collision site in the North Lawndale community.
February 3, 2025
Hit-and-run SUV driver fatally struck man, 44, in North Lawndale
Sadly, last week, an SUV driver struck and killed a 44-year-old male man in Chicago's North Lawndale community and fled the scene.
December 3, 2024
A semi driver fatally struck a person walking on Lower Wacker Drive. Did a locked gate contribute to the crash?
The victim may have been walking in the street because a gate limiting pedestrian access on the south side of Wacker was locked at the time.
July 19, 2024
CPD: SUV driver struck and killed man “sitting in street” across from Marquette Park green space.
The victim was at least the fifth person on foot killed on a Chicago street this year.
March 6, 2024
Driver fatally struck man, 52, crossing King at 47th, next to Harold Washington Cultural Center
Sadly, last Thursday night a car driver struck and killed a 52-year-old man who was crossing Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at 47th Street in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood.
February 25, 2024
Driver struck and killed Samantha Marie Hutcherson, 25, on December 28 in Washington Heights
Hutcherson was the 29th person struck and killed while walking on Chicago streets in 2023.
January 11, 2024
Jason Kardish, 40, killed by hit-and-run SUV driver at Diversey/Ashland, is first Chicago pedestrian fatality of 2024
According to Police News Affairs, as of Tuesday afternoon, no one was in custody.
January 9, 2024
CPD officer who killed Maria Schwab, 56, almost escaped DUI charges because supervisor failed to report case, no Breathalyzer given
The officer wasn't tested until hours after she killed the pedestrian, giving the cop an opportunity to sober up almost to a legal blood alcohol concentration level.
December 8, 2023
Driver cited for fatally striking woman in her late 40s near 71st/Western in Chicago Lawn
The crash occurred Tuesday just after midnight.
November 29, 2023
