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News reporting female cyclist killed in hit & run on the South side

Just caught briefly on WBBM a female cyclist hit by a semi truck at around 1:45 Police said it happened 300 block of west 47th street

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on August 7, 2012 at 1:06pm

Not a good way to ride!

Permalink Reply by Ace Mann on August 7, 2012 at 1:57pm
The area is right by the 47th street intermodal entrance. A lot of truck traffic around that area.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 7, 2012 at 2:11pm

Can we try to get some basic info first before we start getting into the obligatory game of "blame the cyclist?"

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on August 7, 2012 at 2:19pm

Poorly designed roads for cyclists certainly. Last year a woman coming from Lollapalooza was crushed by a garbage truck.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 7, 2012 at 2:35pm

+1000000

We really have nothing to go on here yet.   I would also like more information as to "fleeing" the scene.  Depending on how the accident occurred it is very possible that the driver could have struck a bicyclist and never realized it if it happened in his (or her) blind spot -and drove on totally unaware of what happened. 

We just don't know what happened yet. 

h' said:

Can we try to get some basic info first before we start getting into the obligatory game of "blame the cyclist?"

Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on August 7, 2012 at 7:39pm

True dat. Anne Alt wrote two great articles about this:

Part 1: http://gridchicago.com/2011/bicycling-in-chicago-a-view-from-the-so...

Part 2: http://gridchicago.com/2011/bicycling-in-chicago-a-view-from-the-so...

Juan said:

Most of the South is unbikeable.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 7, 2012 at 7:41pm

Would like to remind all users that family or friends of the victim will very likely be googling her name and finding this discussion, so please keep that in mind when commenting.

My Trib contact alerted me to the update around the time Cameron posted (but I was out and about). He said no age known, but that the victim was in her sixties.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on August 7, 2012 at 7:44pm

I'm getting reports that a cyclist was hit in Madison too by a semi -critical condition with severe head injuries.  

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 7, 2012 at 7:49pm

Thank you, Howard.  We need to remember the victim and her family and friends, and have some consideration for what they're going through.  It can't be easy for them right now.

h' said:

Would like to remind all users that family or friends of the victim will very likely be googling her name and finding this discussion, so please keep that in mind when commenting.

My Trib contact alerted me to the update around the time Cameron posted (but I was out and about). He said no age known, but that the victim was in her sixties.

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on August 7, 2012 at 8:00pm

From Brendan K's blog:

Update - 5:20 p.m. 08/07/2012:  Police are still looking for the driver of a semi truck that killed Evelyn Dean as she rode her bike in the Fuller Park neighborhood of Chicago yesterday, according to The Chicago Tribune.  The fatal collision occurred as the driver of the truck was attempting to enter Norfolk Southern's railroad facility around 2:00 p.m.  The driver fled the scene in the truck after the crash.  For some reason police have not yet released a description of the truck or the driver.

I would be happy to be proven wrong, but I don't believe police are doing any such thing.

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