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1 injured in Near West Side crash

 

Rollover crash critically injures bicyclist on Madison. 

At 6:00am, Madison St. closed for investigation.

 

e: A little more information, driver seriously injured as well:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/7400382-418/driver-bicyclist-hur...

 

Some pictures, no new information.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/128874913.html video of scene, no report

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8338203

 

Update: Driver charged with aggravated driving under the influence. Bicyclist remains in critical condition.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-woman-charged...

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I think shit happens, and again, bikers have the same responsibilities as cars. It's "share" the road. If you weren't so high on your horse, you'd realize other countries don't have these problems because they work together. Not get overly defensive about other peoples opinions. I never post here because some of you are childish and have no clue past there misconceptions. As I stated before, I doubt the cyclists wad an intended target. Oh, I've been cycling in Chicago for 15 years, Dick.
Like I said, I'm sure the person didn't intend to flip a car on a cyclists or pedestrian or anyone, and to have people put up another "anti car" post annoys the heck out of me. That's all. Be safe.


Daniel G said:
Angela Dean, you have a unique way of seeing things, to be sure. It's true that we don't yet know who is at fault here. But we know who is probably at fault, and we definitely know who was going way too god-damned fast to not flip their Toyota on a minor city street. You feel like folks are rushing to blame the driver, but there are pretty good reasons for that. If you want to press the point that "OMG BIKES CAN HURT PPL TOO!", (a truth acknowledged and restated here many hundreds of times), almost every other thread would be a better venue than this one.


h' said:

I've dropped a line to a few reporters to see if there's any way to get some follow-up here.

Oh, good. It's not good to know so little about this catastrophic an accident.


FYI, my wishes for when a car rolls over on me:

 

-Share your feelings about it, plant my ashes at the base of a tree sapling so I can become a tree (do it at night-- it's illegal), place a ghost bike . . .

 

-have a big sale and sell all my stuff to benefit West Town Bikes

 

-Discuss what can be taken away from however my death occurred, examine and question the details, share fears and relevant experience like a week or two later

 

-nitpick each-other to death after maybe like a 4-week waiting period.

 

 

 

No wait-- just skip that last part.

Of course the driver of the motor vehicle did not intend to hurt the cyclist.  The driver did not say to herself, "there's an easy one to knock out".  However, all drivers of all motor vehicles should handle their cars the same way they would handle a loaded gun- with EXTREME caution (because both are just as highly accident prone).  Cars are deadly.  Imagine if a crowded jumbo jet crashed and killed everyone on board every single week for 52 weeks- that's how many people cars kill every year.  (I read that info out of a book called "the art of urban cycling").  Someone pressed the gas pedal down farther than it should've gone, Angela.  Someone made a decision to cheat the rules.  Unless this is a freak case of the car driving itself, it is the handler of the car that is to be put into question.      

Angela Dean said:
Like I said, I'm sure the person didn't intend to flip a car on a cyclists or pedestrian or anyone, and to have people put up another "anti car" post annoys the heck out of me. That's all. Be safe.


Daniel G said:
Angela Dean, you have a unique way of seeing things, to be sure. It's true that we don't yet know who is at fault here. But we know who is probably at fault, and we definitely know who was going way too god-damned fast to not flip their Toyota on a minor city street. You feel like folks are rushing to blame the driver, but there are pretty good reasons for that. If you want to press the point that "OMG BIKES CAN HURT PPL TOO!", (a truth acknowledged and restated here many hundreds of times), almost every other thread would be a better venue than this one.


h' said:

I've dropped a line to a few reporters to see if there's any way to get some follow-up here.

Oh, good. It's not good to know so little about this catastrophic an accident.

So someone died?

h' said:

FYI, my wishes for when a car rolls over on me:

 

-Share your feelings about it, plant my ashes at the base of a tree sapling so I can become a tree (do it at night-- it's illegal), place a ghost bike . . .

 

-have a big sale and sell all my stuff to benefit West Town Bikes

 

-Discuss what can be taken away from however my death occurred, examine and question the details, share fears and relevant experience like a week or two later

 

-nitpick each-other to death after maybe like a 4-week waiting period.

 

 

 

No wait-- just skip that last part.

I doubt "flip my car" was on the driver's list.


Carly said:

Of course the driver of the motor vehicle did not intend to hurt the cyclist.  The driver did not say to herself, "there's an easy one to knock out".  However, all drivers of all motor vehicles should handle their cars the same way they would handle a loaded gun- with EXTREME caution (because both are just as highly accident prone).  Cars are deadly.  Imagine if a crowded jumbo jet crashed and killed everyone on board every single week for 52 weeks- that's how many people cars kill every year.  (I read that info out of a book called "the art of urban cycling").  Someone pressed the gas pedal down farther than it should've gone, Angela.  Someone made a decision to cheat the rules.  Unless this is a freak case of the car driving itself, it is the handler of the car that is to be put into question.      

Angela Dean said:
Like I said, I'm sure the person didn't intend to flip a car on a cyclists or pedestrian or anyone, and to have people put up another "anti car" post annoys the heck out of me. That's all. Be safe.


Daniel G said:
Angela Dean, you have a unique way of seeing things, to be sure. It's true that we don't yet know who is at fault here. But we know who is probably at fault, and we definitely know who was going way too god-damned fast to not flip their Toyota on a minor city street. You feel like folks are rushing to blame the driver, but there are pretty good reasons for that. If you want to press the point that "OMG BIKES CAN HURT PPL TOO!", (a truth acknowledged and restated here many hundreds of times), almost every other thread would be a better venue than this one.


h' said:

I've dropped a line to a few reporters to see if there's any way to get some follow-up here.

Oh, good. It's not good to know so little about this catastrophic an accident.

That almost sounds like concern for the victim?

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
So someone died?

The Chicago Tribune has an update on this collision. The driver was apparently quite intoxicated. The bicyclist is apparently in bad shape.

 

-jbn

.201% BAC. Can't say I'm too broken up about the prospect of this messing up her wedding.

 

Really sad for the bicyclist. Hope he pulls through.

Thanks for the update Justin.

Here's the text-- news site items have a way of expiring/becoming unlinked.

 

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-woman-charged...

By Andy Grimm

Tribune reporter

5:58 PM CDT, September 4, 2011
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A Joliet woman just three weeks from her wedding date was charged with drunk driving and suffered a broken neck after her car allegedly struck a median near the United Center Thursday and rolled into a bicyclist, officials said.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered that Shelia B. Kane be held on $200,000 bond on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and aggravated driving under the influence causing great bodily harm, and various traffic charges.

Kane remained hospitalized at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County on Sunday as her attorney sought her release on bond and a transfer to another hospital. Kane, 30, is to be married Sept. 24, said her attorney, and suffered a fractured C-5 vertebra in the crash.

Prosecutors said Kane's blood-alcohol level was measured at .201 at the hospital, more than twice the .08 legal limit. They said Kane had consumed six "tall glasses" of vodka and water at West End bar within two hours of taking the wheel of her 2008 Mercury Sable.

A police report said Kane was slurring as she told officers at the hospital that she had three drinks. She also allegedly refused to submit to a blood alcohol test.
The bicyclist, Frederick Johnson of the 3800 block of West Taylor Street, is on a ventilator in critical condition with bleeding in the brain, prosecutors said

those medians get pretty had to miss when you've had "3-6 tall drinks"

Im guessing she only remembers the first drink, one in the middle, and the last one.

 

disgusting.

I'm not surprised she was drunk.  This is why you don't defend these idiots Angela. I hope the cyclist pulls through. Frankly I can't say I give a shit about the driver...

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