Went out late last night and saw them cleaning this up (from this morning's Chicago Tribune):
Bicyclist killed in 3-car accident
By Jason Meisner
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 19, 2006, 7:06 AM CDT
A 33-year-old man was killed late Sunday when he was thrown from his bicycle in an accident at a busy Orland Park intersection and struck by a second car, police said this morning.
The crash occurred about 10 p.m. at the intersection of 145th Street and La Grange Road, as Asuncion Garcia rode his bicycle north in the La Grange Road median, Orland Park police said in a news release.
A 1999 Oldsmobile and a 2005 Chevrolet southbound on La Grange drove into the median to make a left turn into a coffee shop parking lot, police said. The 16-year-old male driver of the Oldsmobile saw Garcia at the last second and tried to swerve to the left, but struck him and knocked him off the bicycle.
Another 16-year-old boy driving the Chevrolet then ran Garcia over, police said. The Oldsmobile sideswiped a third car being driven by an 18-year-old male before coming to a stop.
Garcia, of the 14400 block of Jefferson Avenue in Orland Park, suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
None of the occupants of the three cars was injured, police said.
No citations or charges had been issued in the accident as of this morning, and the case remained under investigation, police said. There was no indication that drugs or alcohol played a role.
Bicyclist killed in 3-car accident
By Jason Meisner
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 19, 2006, 7:06 AM CDT
A 33-year-old man was killed late Sunday when he was thrown from his bicycle in an accident at a busy Orland Park intersection and struck by a second car, police said this morning.
The crash occurred about 10 p.m. at the intersection of 145th Street and La Grange Road, as Asuncion Garcia rode his bicycle north in the La Grange Road median, Orland Park police said in a news release.
A 1999 Oldsmobile and a 2005 Chevrolet southbound on La Grange drove into the median to make a left turn into a coffee shop parking lot, police said. The 16-year-old male driver of the Oldsmobile saw Garcia at the last second and tried to swerve to the left, but struck him and knocked him off the bicycle.
Another 16-year-old boy driving the Chevrolet then ran Garcia over, police said. The Oldsmobile sideswiped a third car being driven by an 18-year-old male before coming to a stop.
Garcia, of the 14400 block of Jefferson Avenue in Orland Park, suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m. Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
None of the occupants of the three cars was injured, police said.
No citations or charges had been issued in the accident as of this morning, and the case remained under investigation, police said. There was no indication that drugs or alcohol played a role.
