91 year old bicyclist killed in Oak Park accident

Victim and his family sound like great people. RIP

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/oak_park_river_for...

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Permalink Reply by Wolf-Pup on October 25, 2013 at 10:19am

Very sad. News articles on bicycle accidents aren't always very clear on the details. So, did he cross when he did/didn't have the light? 91 year old man on a bike. Guy was hardcore. Sad story.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 25, 2013 at 10:23am

Sad loss. On the flipside, I think it's great that he was still able to ride and work at 91 years old.

Permalink Reply by Tim Heckman on October 25, 2013 at 10:32am
He was my next door neighbor, and this was directly in front of my building. This is an uncontrolled, offset intersection. He was crossing the busy street. It is a bad intersection for all types of vehicles.

I'm very emotionally involved here, as I knew him personally, and this is somewhere I cycle every day. Oak Park police spent hours on accident reconstruction last night.
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Permalink Reply by Tim Heckman on October 25, 2013 at 1:11pm

Taken by a neighbor last winter, and used with permission.  It is also featured in the local story.

Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 26, 2013 at 12:38am

You may want to get in touch with Bill Watson. I'm sure the Oak Park Cycling Club would want to be involved.

h' $550 said:

Tim, guessing that was your wife that contacted me about a memorial.  Just responded-- please get in touch.

Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on October 26, 2013 at 3:42am

Howard, I have some junk bikes at the shop and can get a lock, paint, make a sign and put together a ghost bike, give me all the details for the sign and the exact location where they want it.

h' $550 said:

Tim, guessing that was your wife that contacted me about a memorial.  Just responded-- please get in touch.

Local coverage (no time now to see if it differs from Trib):

http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/10-25-2013/92_year_old-cyclist...

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on October 26, 2013 at 4:00am

I'm sorry Tim, I'm sure you are besides yourself right now. And what a loss to your community. Hopefully they can change that intersection in some way to make this tragedy not happen again.


Tim Heckman said:

He was my next door neighbor, and this was directly in front of my building. This is an uncontrolled, offset intersection. He was crossing the busy street. It is a bad intersection for all types of vehicles.

I'm very emotionally involved here, as I knew him personally, and this is somewhere I cycle every day. Oak Park police spent hours on accident reconstruction last night.
Permalink Reply by globalguy on October 26, 2013 at 5:56am

If you need storage - I have a complete shop in the basement her n the OP!

AM 9.5 said:

I have a can of white primer about 4 blocks from the site if a ghost bike is in order.

notoriousDUG said:

Permalink Reply by Steve Courtright on October 28, 2013 at 2:09am

Very sorry for your loss, Tim, and sad for all of us.

Permalink Reply by dan brown on October 28, 2013 at 8:45am

this is really sad to read about an avoidable tragic event; but once again the chainlink comes through and gets an A+ for the great responses and the ghost bike in the works.

 

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