This summer, Chicago experienced a cycling boom as citizens seek tactics to move away socially, as well as the bureaucracy of recreation and physical activity for COVID. Unfortunately, judging by recent headlines, it also turns out that there is a build-up of traffic accidents.
Mark Goodman, 56, died of a brain in the Lakefront Trail collision
Mark Goodman, 56, died Tuesday, August 18, after a turn of fate by bicycle on Saturday, August 1 on The Lakefront Trail with some other cyclist, David Struett of the Sun-Times reported.
Approximately 2:30 p.m. Goodman, who lived in Portage Park, cycled south along the coastal path in the 3100 block of Belmont Harbour Access Road, just south of Belmont Avenue, when he collided head-on with the other cyclist with a brain injury, the Sun-Times reported. Goodman was left unable to speak. He died as a result of the turn of fate at the Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The cyclist, a 55-year-old man, suffered a cut in his foot but refused medical attention, police said.
In recent years, the Chicago Park District has built a separate trail for cyclists and pedestrians on much of the Lakefront Trail, but the steering fits frequently, which can confuse the lanes that cyclists, walkers and runners take, in which direction. On the stretch near the port of Belmont, the lanes for motorcycles and pedestrians are painted side by side on the same stretch of asphalt.
While the Lakefront Trail is generally open to travelers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during the pandemic, the trail officially closes between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m., which concentrates users in a shorter time window, which contributes to trail congestion.
Read the full Sun-Times story here.
Cyclist asks to locate the runaway driving force that wounded him in River North
After the driving force of a van hit a cyclist in the 700 block of LaSalle Street, breaking his collarbone, the victim asked to identify the perpetrator, Siri Chilukuri of Block Club Chicago reported.
On Saturday, August 1, around 2 p.m., Travis Nelson was driving his motorcycle on LaSalle Street, south of Chicago Avenue, when the driving force of a black SUV, in all likelihood a BMW, hit him, sending him to a parked car, according to police. The motorist fled west to Chicago.
Nelson had to have surgery for his damaged collarbone, according to Block Club. “My purpose is to bring this user to justice by beating me up and leaving me there,” he told the website. “It may have just killed me. He also noted that LaSalle and Chicago lacked motorcycle lanes.
He said there was a video of the twist of fate, but police said they couldn’t give it to him, Block Club reported. As a general rule, lawyers hired because of a twist of fate can retrieve traffic photographs and security cameras for their clients.
Nelson told the Block Club that it was vital for him to locate the driver. “This user thinks it is widespread to take someone off the road and seriously injure them and/or kill them. He hasn’t learned a lesson.”
Anyone with data on the turn of fate should call police detectives at 312-744-8263 or submit a recommendation anonymously online.
Read the full block story here.
A 17-year-old boy traversed a driving force while cycling on Lake Shore Drive on Thursday, August 20, according to a report from CBS Chicago.
Police said the young man was cycling north in a lane south of the eight-lane road, where it is forbidden to cycle, just south of Lawrence Avenue around 11:30 p.m. He struck through the 19-year-old driving force of the Toyota sedan.
The cyclist was transferred to Northwestern Hospital in good condition, police said. He cited him for driving a motorcycle in a car.
The driving force was not injured and remained in place.
It is not known how or why the cyclist was given on the disc. One option is that you climbed the ramp south on Wilson Avenue, a block south of the destination turn site. CBS images appear to show a road motorcycle at a speed with a front luggage rack. The driver’s windshield shattered.
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