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My wife works at the hospital next door and heard the crash from the 3rd floor.  She thought it was two cars in a horrible accident and it turned out it was A BICYCLIST.  He was apparently in bad condition and unconscious.  I'm not interested in any nasty posts about drivers, just want to see if anyone has any info to pass along.  

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I hope that the cyclist can make a good recovery from his/her injuries and that someone was a witness.

Sadly, this just in.

Sad news.

yeah I read that too. So sad.

Kevin C said:

Sadly, this just in.

Also a piece in DNAinfo today.

Complete with gratuitous helmet reference.

Tony Adams 7 mi (dirtbag hipstr) said:

Also a piece in DNAinfo today.

You don't see them speculating as to whether the driver had their seat belt on, or was using a cell phone at the time of the crash.

 Not sure why they didn't just run with "Cyclist At Fault in Own Death" for the headline.

Serge Lubomudrov said:

What's gratuitous about it?

Kevin C said:

Complete with gratuitous helmet reference.

Tony Adams 7 mi (dirtbag hipstr) said:

Also a piece in DNAinfo today.

Too much of this shit happens. My friends sister got hit by a CTA bus this morning. She is ok though. Stay safe out there guys.

The writer clearly doesn't know whether the victim was wearing a helmet.

WTH is the point of mentioning it? Of what use is the statement as published to you, Serge?
If they could only spare a few inches of space for this story, wouldn't you want to know if he left behind a wife and children, at least?


Serge Lubomudrov said:

I believe the article mentioned that the driver had the right of way, hence wasn't at fault. What him wearing on not wearing a seat belt has to do with anything in this particular case? If it was a car crash and a driver injured or killed as a result of it, would you find a reference to a seat belt as "gratuitous"? I find this "helmet reference" completely relevant.



h' 1.0 said:

You don't see them speculating as to whether the driver had their seat belt on, or was using a cell phone at the time of the crash.

 Not sure why they didn't just run with "Cyclist At Fault in Own Death" for the headline.

Serge Lubomudrov said:

What's gratuitous about it?

This poor Hispanic person with no helmet and probably no insurance was taken to a hospital further away after hitting the 1999 Satan car when there was one right at the corner, maybe they did not have urgent care, hmmm.

Ill Masonic is the designated trauma center for that part of town-- OLR would not be well-equipped to deal with that sort of injury.

Juan 2-8 mi. said:

This poor Hispanic person with no helmet and probably no insurance was taken to a hospital further away after hitting the 1999 Satan car when there was one right at the corner, maybe they did not have urgent care, hmmm.

What h' says, and I believe one article I read said that he was taken to OLR immediately, but transferred to Illinois Masonic.
 
h' 1.0 said:

Ill Masonic is the designated trauma center for that part of town-- OLR would not be well-equipped to deal with that sort of injury.

Juan 2-8 mi. said:

This poor Hispanic person with no helmet and probably no insurance was taken to a hospital further away after hitting the 1999 Satan car when there was one right at the corner, maybe they did not have urgent care, hmmm.

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