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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,...

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Hickory 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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City 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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Child 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...

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Alderman 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....

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Driver 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...

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Drunken 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,...

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4 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...

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Woman 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,...

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Bicyclist 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....

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Defense 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...

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Man 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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Vehicle 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...

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Man 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...

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Bicyclist 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....

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‘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...

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Man 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...

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Niles 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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Police 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...

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Elgin 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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Police: 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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WATCH: 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...

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Mother 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...

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Cyclist 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...

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CPD: 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...

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After 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...

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Police 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...

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Cyclist 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...

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Bicyclist 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...

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Search 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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