DOWNTOWN – A younger man driving a bicycle was struck and killed by a automotive Downtown early Monday morning, in line with police.
At 4:53 a.m Monday, an 18-year-old man was driving a bicycle when he was struck by a GMC SUV that was driving southbound via a inexperienced gentle within the 100 block of North Michigan Avenue, police mentioned.
The 18-year-old was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in important situation earlier than succumbing to his accidents later that morning, police mentioned.
A 65-year-old man who was driving the GMC acquired a ticket for failure to scale back velocity within the incident, police confirmed. No fees have been filed. The Main Accidents Investigation Unit is at present investigating the crash.
The biking demise comes after one in all Chicago’s safer years for bicyclists in latest reminiscence. 5 folks had been killed whereas driving a bicycle in 2024, in line with Streetsblog Chicago. That’s in comparison with seven in 2023, 10 in 2022, and 11 in 2021, in line with knowledge compiled by the Solar Occasions.
Chicago’s Division of Transportation has laid out a Imaginative and prescient Zero Motion Plan aiming to successfully remove site visitors fatalities within the metropolis. That plan contains constructing protected bike lanes and upgraded crosswalks for pedestrians.
Michigan Avenue, a significant site visitors hall within the metropolis for pedestrians and drivers alike, is at present not geared up with bike lanes.
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