A 59-year-old cyclist was struck and killed by a possibly intoxicated driver in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood yesterday night, as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.
The male victim from Edgewater was cycling in the bike lane on the 5100 block of North Damen Avenue at around 8 p.m. local time when he was hit by a Volvo S60. Eyewitnesses on scene brought the incident to police attention. The driver, a 30-year-old woman, was stopped by police and consented to a Breathalyzer test. It showed a blood-alcohol concentration a .20, which is over twice the state legal limit of .08, per the police report. The woman then refused further testing at the hospital. No citations or arrests have yet been made.
The cyclist, yet to be identified, sustained severe injuries to his head and body and was pronounced dead at 8:32 p.m. at the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to ABC7 Chicago. This incident serves as another grim example of the potential lethal consequences of drunk driving and the danger posed to cyclists.
