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Permalink Reply by Vilda on September 5, 2014 at 2:43am

The victim is identified as Jacob Bass, of the 900 block of West 34th Street.

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on September 5, 2014 at 2:59am

You can say that again.  This will escalate quickly :(

h' 1.0 said:

Damndamndamndamndamn.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on September 5, 2014 at 3:23am

"and failed to stop at the red light" 

No one deserves to die but...don't be stupid! it's dangerous enough out there FOLLOWING the rules.

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Permalink Reply by Vilda on September 5, 2014 at 3:32am

See, he is reported to have run the red BY the person that killed him... So I wouldn't take that at face value. The person that killed him didn't have a drivers license sooo they seem entirely reliable.

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on September 5, 2014 at 3:41am

I really think that it is shortsighted to make any judgements based on the current information.  How often are the initial reports on this stuff not accurate?

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Permalink Reply by grayn8 on September 5, 2014 at 3:41am

Damn. Just south of blue city and jackalope. Damn.

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Permalink Reply by Maurice on September 5, 2014 at 5:01am

I have no idea what happened in this case, but lots of drivers blow reds and stop signs in that area.

 

I would hope that the police aren't taking at face value the word of a guy driving without a license who has a heck of a motive to lie.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on September 5, 2014 at 5:23am

Mike Zumwalt didn't call him stupid; he just suggested to us not to be stupid.

rwein5 said:

Yea let's mourn this dead kid by calling him stupid. I'm sure his parents will appreciate that.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on September 5, 2014 at 5:50am

None of us knows what happened because we didn't see it. There was a facebook post this morning with photographs, by someone who claims to live very close to where the incident occurred. That person's account indicated that the victim was traveling with a friend. I would expect (but don't know) that friend was a witness and also gave a statement.

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on September 5, 2014 at 5:50am

Crash in Garfield Ridge kills bicyclist  (Too much of this is happening!!!)

http://voices.suntimes.com/news/breaking-news/police-crash-in-garfi...

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., Gary Reyes, 44, was riding his bicycle eastbound on 55th Street when a 2011 Chevrolet Impala turning onto Central Avenue struck him, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The bicyclist was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Elizabeth Lara-Salas, 37, of the 6200 block of South Mayfield Avenue, was issued a citation for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, police said. No charges have been filed and the Major Accident Investigations Unit is investigating.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 6, 2014 at 12:47am

Yes, there have been way too many fatalities and serious injuries recently.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on September 6, 2014 at 5:15am

It is always sad to hear about the death of a fellow cyclist. 

Why are there traffic signals on residential streets in that section of Bridgeport? Folklore suggests that they are a remnant of the Daley machine era during which Bridgeport got all sorts of special treatment such as the electric power "never" going out etc. Traffic signals enable half of the users of any given intersection to not slow down - which in a residential neighborhood is always a bad thing for safety. Perhaps this needless death can be the catalyst for removing traffic signals.

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