Bicyclist Dies After Being Hit By Semi
PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (STMW) – Witnesses told police a bicyclist weaved directly in front of the semi that struck him Thursday night. Douglas Ewing, 31, of Portage, Ind. was pronounced dead at the scene,...
View ArticleHickory Hills Bicyclist Killed In Bridgeview Wreck
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (STMW) – A 31-year-old man died early Thursday after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle in southwest suburban Bridgeview. The vehicle struck Roger T. Havlik at 2:21 a.m. in...
View ArticleBicyclist Dies After Crashing Into Store Window
OAK LAWN (CBS) — A bicyclist from Oak Lawn is dead after crashing into a retail store window. The victim is identified as 52-year-old Michael Racky of Oak Lawn. Investigators say he was riding his...
View ArticleCity Truck Driver Hits Bicyclist
CHICAGO (STMW) — A city vehicle struck a bicyclist Wednesday afternoon in the North Center neighborhood. The 20-year-old woman was riding a bicycle east on Cullom Avenue when she disobeyed a stop sign...
View ArticleBicyclist Killed When She Falls Under Dump Truck Downtown
Updated 8/6/11 3:36 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – A woman who was killed when she fell off her bicycle and run over by a dump truck in a “tragic accident” Downtown late Friday has been identified. Jacqueline...
View ArticleChild Bicyclist Hospitalized After Crashing Into Police Vehicle
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 10-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized after apparently riding into the side of a police vehicle Wednesday afternoon in the Austin neighborhood. The crash happened about 5 p.m. in...
View ArticleAlderman Helps Save Cyclist Hit By Car
CHICAGO (CBS) – Ald. Pat O’Connor (40th), a former lifeguard, came to the rescue of a young man who was clobbered by a car as he rode his bicycle through a Northwest Side intersection on Thursday....
View ArticleDriver Caught After Killing Bicyclist In Pilsen Hit-And-Run
UPDATED 08/23/11 11:27 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Frederick Kobrick of Chicago was riding his bike to see friends early Tuesday morning, but he never made it. As CBS 2’s Susanna Song reports, a car hit...
View ArticleDrunken Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Bicyclist In Pilsen
CHICAGO (CBS) — Authorities have charged a man with slamming into a bicyclist and killing him in the Pilsen neighborhood, then driving off. Ignacio Ramirez, 38, of the 500 block of West Walton Street,...
View Article4 Youths Charged With Knocking Cyclist Off Bike, Robbing Him
UPDATED 09/02/11 6:29 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Four youths have been charged with mugging a bicyclist on the Lakefront Bike Path near 31st Street Wednesday night. David Coxhead, a 37-year-old Hyde Park...
View ArticleWoman Accused Of Drinking Six Vodkas Before Driving Into Bicyclist
CHICAGO (STMW) – A Joliet woman was charged with aggravated DUI after she hit a barrier and struck a bicyclist with her car on the Near West Side after allegedly downing six vodka drinks in two hours,...
View ArticleBicyclist Hit By Minivan, Injured In Buffalo Grove
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (CBS) — A cyclist was injured Wednesday morning when a minivan struck a bicycle in Buffalo Grove. As CBS 2’s Kris Habermehl reports, the bicyclist was struck sometime in the 6 a.m....
View ArticleDefense Attorney: Cop Wasn’t Drunk When He Struck & Killed Teen
CHICAGO (STMW) – An off-duty Chicago Police officer charged in a deadly drunken driving accident wasn’t intoxicated and was only trying to avoid the 13-year-old boy riding his bike on the wrong side of...
View ArticleMan Shot, Wounded In Avondale
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was recovering Friday morning after being shot several times in the Northwest Side’s Avondale neighborhood. The shooting happened around 12:15 a.m. in the 3400 block of North...
View ArticleBicyclist Who Chased Woman’s Attacker: ‘I Had To Do It’
CHICAGO (STMW) – A bicyclist chased and tackled an alleged purse-snatcher because he was upset the man had targeted a 75-year-old woman. “I had no option when I passed the victim and I saw she was an...
View ArticleBicyclist Killed After Collision With Truck
CHICAGO (CBS) — A bicyclist died Thursday night after she collided with a truck a few blocks away from her home in the South Side Chatham neighborhood. The 23-year-old woman was riding a bike in the...
View ArticleVehicle Strikes Bicyclist In Woodlawn
CHICAGO (STMW) – A vehicle struck a bicyclist Sunday in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood. The accident occurred at 11:14 a.m. in the 600 block of East Marquette Road, police News Affairs Officer...
View ArticleMan Rides Bike Down Ramp To Blue Line Stop, Ends Up On Tracks
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man decided to ride his bicycle down the ramp that leads to the platform at a CTA Blue Line stop, and he ended up on the tracks. The Chicago Transit Authority reported being notified...
View ArticleBicyclist Struck, Killed By Truck On North Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — A bicyclist who swerving to avoid an opening car door was struck and killed by a truck on the near North Side Friday. The accident occurred at Wells and Oak streets just before 9 a.m....
View Article‘Ghost Bike’ Marks Memorial Where Bicyclist Killed
CHICAGO (CBS) — A couple of bicyclists killed in traffic accidents were remembered this morning where one of them died a couple of weeks ago on the Near North Side. A white “ghost bike” was chained to...
View ArticleMan Riding Bike Struck, Killed By Car In Skokie
SKOKIE (CBS) — A 68-year-old man died early Friday after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle in north suburban Skokie. Robert McKenny, of the 8600 block of Niles Center Road in Skokie, was...
View ArticleNiles Honors 3 Employees Who Saved Bicyclist From Flood Waters
NILES, Ill. (CBS) — The Village of Niles is honoring three public services department employees tonight who rescued a bicyclist from flood waters last Thursday morning. play pause Niles Honors 3...
View ArticleBicyclist Struck, Killed By Car On Near North Side
Updated 05/30/13 – 2:38 p.m. CHICAGO (STMW) — The driver of a vehicle that fatally struck a bicyclist Wednesday night in the River North area remains in custody Thursday afternoon. The 26-year-old...
View ArticleBicyclist Killed In Batavia Township Crash
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, Ill. (STMW) – A North Aurora man was killed Thursday afternoon when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a car in northwest suburban Batavia Township. Richard White, 50, was riding...
View ArticlePolice Seek Owners Of Unleashed Dogs Who Caused Fatal Bike Crash
(CBS) – A bicyclist riding through a Morton Grove forest preserve has been killed. He was apparently knocked from his bike by out-of-control dogs. CBS 2’s Mike Parker has the story. The bike path that...
View ArticleElgin Bicyclist Killed By Freight Train After Falling On Tracks
(STMW) – A bicyclist who fell on train tracks in northwest suburban Elgin died after being hit by a freight train early Saturday, the Courier-News is reporting. Emergency crews responded to call of...
View ArticleBicyclist Killed In Portage Park
(CBS) – A 28-year-old bicyclist has died from the injuries she suffered when being struck by a truck in the northwest side Portage Park neighborhood. Police said the accident occurred shortly after 10...
View ArticlePolice: Crash In Garfield Ridge Kills Bicyclist
(STMW) – A car fatally struck a bicyclist riding in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood on the West Side early Sunday, according to police. About 12:45 a.m., the 44-year-old man was riding his bicycle...
View ArticleBicyclist Dies After Crashing Into Jeep In Bridgeport
CHICAGO (STMW) – A bicyclist died after he ran a red light and struck a vehicle Thursday night in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood, police said. About 11 p.m., 20-year-old Jacob Bass was riding...
View ArticleWATCH: Do Bicyclists In Chicago Deserve A Bad Rap?
(CBS) – Bikers are everywhere now. And maybe some of them think they own the road. CBS 2 cameras spent hours catching the chaos of drivers, bikers and pedestrians on the streets. So, who’s to blame and...
View ArticleMother Of Bicyclist Fatally Struck By Truck Last Week Files Suit
CHICAGO (CBS) — The mother of a 23-year-old bicyclist fatally struck by a truck last week in the North Center neighborhood filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the truck driver and his employer. Ekaterina...
View ArticleCyclist Fondles 3 Women In 30 Minutes In Lincoln Square, Ravenswood
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man riding a bicycle fondled at least three women in about half an hour as they walked Thursday in the Lincoln Square and Ravenswood neighborhoods on the North Side. Chicago Police...
View ArticleCPD: Bicyclist Killed In Crash
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man riding his bike was killed in a crash in West Englewood. Chicago Police say the victim was 21-year-old Carlos D. Ocana-Castillo. Authorities say around 10:25 a.m. on Wednesday, he...
View ArticleAfter Bike Is Caught In Bridge Grates, Bicyclist Tells His Story To Warn Others
CHICAGO (CBS) — A close call on the busy LaSalle Street Bridge for a Chicago bicyclist. He shared his story in the hopes that it will prevent someone else from getting hurt or even killed. The man was...
View ArticlePolice Search For Car Whose Driver Doored Bicyclist In Gage Park
CHICAGO (CBS) — Police on Sunday asked the public for help in identifying a car whose driver doored a bicyclist in Gage Park late last month and then left the scene. At 2:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, the...
View ArticleCyclist Says Driver Offered Him Wad Of Cash After Dooring Him, Then Left
CHICAGO (CBS) — A search was under way Monday for the driver of a car who hit a bicyclist with his door and then drove off. Before the driver left, he tried to give a handful of cash to the man...
View ArticleBicyclist Dead After Hit By Car On Chicago’s West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) — A 28-year-old man dies after a car hits his bicycle on Chicago’s near West Side. It happened near Damen and Warren just before 8:00 Wednesday morning. Police said the car went through a...
View ArticleSearch On For Hit-And-Run Driver Who Killed Bicyclist In Aurora
AURORA, Ill. (CBS) — Police in Aurora were searching late Sunday for a hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist the night before on that city’s east side. It happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday near...
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