Chainlink team racer witnesses a terrifying bike crash in Avondale

Yesterday Geoffrey Harding, who races for The Chainlink's team, was taking his daughters on his cargo bike for an Italian ice after the first day of school, when the driver of a stolen car nearly struck them in Avondale. Seconds later she crashed into an oncoming vehicle and struck a young woman on a bike, seriously injuring her.

https://chi.streetsblog.org/2018/09/05/driver-fleeing-in-stolen-car...

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on September 5, 2018 at 10:45am

So very sad to read! Hope the cyclist will recover :(

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Permalink Reply by Jim Reho on September 5, 2018 at 2:36pm

Thank goodness it looks like the cyclist will survive, and Geoffrey and his daughters are all right. So that driver stole a car and almost killed a bunch of people. That should be good for a little community service and maybe a conviction and fine on one ticket.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on September 5, 2018 at 7:05pm

A little community service? I'm not a fan of incarceration, unless the offender is a clear and present danger to society. How about say a minimum of 5 years of community service that matches the severity of the offense, in addition to restitution to the injured party.

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Permalink Reply by Ernesto Lube on September 6, 2018 at 12:46am

How about send the MF to a water crip with food rations to last 3 hours... and he stays there without rescue.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on September 7, 2018 at 4:51pm

I googled water crip and I got back links to gripe water. I checked Urban Dictionary and there's nothing there for water crip. So uh, what's a water crip? Enquiring minds want to know.