Bicyclist Killed After Collision With Truck
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A bicyclist died Thursday night after she collided with a truck a few blocks away from her home in the South Side Chatham neighborhood.
The 23-year-old woman was riding a bike in the 8700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when she collided with a truck about 8:40 p.m., police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.
The woman--identified as Caprice Cunningham, of the 8600 block of South Ingleside Avenue--was on a 10-speed bicycle eastbound on 87th Street and crossing in front of oncoming northbound traffic, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
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As she was doing so, she struck the front driver's side of a 1964 Ford truck, he said.
That vehicle was an ice cream truck, a source said.
Cunningham fell to the ground and suffered multiple injuries, police said.
The driver of the truck, a 29-year-old woman, immediately pulled over, Mirabelli said.
Cunningham was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
The driver of the truck was issued four citations, Mirabelli said. They were: driving with a suspended or revoked license; driving without proof of insurance; driving without the proper vehicle driver's classification, and truck safety violations.
The police Major Accident Investigation Unit is investigating.
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