ARCHER HEIGHTS — A 19-year-old man was killed and one other man was injured Saturday in yet one more lethal crash on South Pulaski Street, the place officers have already pledged so as to add security enhancements.
Simply earlier than 12:30 a.m. Saturday, a 24-year-old man was driving an SUV northbound within the 4300 block of South Pulaski Street when he collided within the intersection with a automobile being pushed by a 19-year-old man, police mentioned.
The 19-year-old suffered extreme trauma and was taken by the Chicago Fireplace Division to Mt. Sinai Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. The 24-year-old suffered a damaged arm and was taken by paramedics to St. Anthony Hospital in honest situation.
The collision was at the very least the second site visitors dying on the intersection of South Pulaski Street and forty third Road this yr, and at the very least the fourth dying alongside a harmful stretch of South Pulaski this yr.
On Feb. 8, a driver ran a purple mild and hit and killed a 68-year-old girl who was crossing South Pulaski Street at forty third Road. The individual drove away, police mentioned. Later that month, two SUVs collided close to Pulaski Street and forty second Road, inflicting one dying and 6 individuals injured.
In late March, a 56-year-old man was crossing Pulaski Street at sixty fourth Road when a dashing driver going north on Pulaski Street hit the person, killing him, police mentioned.
Earlier this yr, neighbors rallied to name for short- and long-term options to handle site visitors security issues alongside South Pulaski Street from the Stevenson Expressway to 71st Road. Metropolis officers have since pledged to make infrastructure enhancements to the street.
There have been greater than 4,200 automobile crashes on Pulaski Street from fortieth to 71st streets from 2020-2024, leading to 900 accidents, of which 80 have been incapacitating, neighbors with the group Southwest Collective mentioned at a neighborhood assembly.
Dashing, drifting, drag racing and reckless driving on Pulaski Street has left locals scared to cross the road, in line with the group.
A web based survey created by earlier this yr the Southwest Collective and the Energetic Transportation Alliance collected over 500 responses about what modifications neighbors need to see on Pulaski.
Town is putting in infrastructure alongside Pulaski Street comparable to bollards and bumps bolted to the concrete, officers mentioned. Crews additionally repainted and refreshed parking lanes, crosswalks and different street markers to maintain drivers visually alert.
Bollards and different security constructions have been put in on the intersections of forty third, 59th and sixty fifth streets, the town mentioned in September. These momentary measures will probably be adopted by extra everlasting infrastructure, comparable to concrete pedestrian islands and curb bump-outs, metropolis and state transportation officers mentioned on the time.
Madison Savedra and Francia Garcia Hernandez contributed reporting.
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