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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

3-year-old girl in bike carrier dies when mom goes around ComEd truck parked in bike lane and is hit by passing semi

A 3-year-old girl was killed after becoming caught beneath a semitrailer Thursday, June 9, 2022, in the 1100 block of West Leland Avenue. (Google Maps)

A 3-year-old girl out riding with her mother in Uptown was killed Thursday when the woman tried squeezing around a ComEd truck illegally parked in a bike lane and was hit by a passing semi.

The semi was pulling away from a stop sign at Leland and Winthrop avenues around 8:15 a.m. when it knocked the mother off balance and the girl was thrown from a child carrier on the bike, according to a police report.

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