One pedestrian killed near 300 N CENTRAL PARK AVE in Garfield Park
A pedestrian was killed after a Thursday afternoon hit-and-run collision in Garfield Park on August 26, 2021 at 3:50 PM.
The crash occurred near 300 N CENTRAL PARK AVE, at a t-intersection. The posted speed limit was 30 mph. There was a pedestrian crossing sign. The weather was clear and the roadway was dry. The police report attributed the cause of the crash to disregarding other traffic signs.
A 2007 GMC was heading south. The police report described the driver, an unknown age male, as disregarding traffic controls/signals. The police report did not have additional details about the driver.
A 70-year-old woman (pedestrian) was in a crosswalk. The police report described her as crossing with the signal; she was killed.
Police were notified at 4:04 PM and made a report on scene. This was the 1,264th injurious crash reported in August 2021, and the 10,338th injurious crash reported in 2021. It was the 92nd fatal crash for 2021.
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Where it happened
300 N CENTRAL PARK AVE
- Neighborhood
- Garfield Park
- Ward
- 28th Ward
- Nearest streets
- N CENTRAL PARK AVE· W FULTON BLVD
- Intersections
- W FULTON BLVD & N CENTRAL PARK AVE
Street view: 41.8863° N, 87.7162° W
2 people and 1 vehicle
Reported Conditions
- Crash type
- PEDESTRIAN
- Primary cause
- DISREGARDING OTHER TRAFFIC SIGNS
- Secondary cause
- UNABLE TO DETERMINE
- Weather
- CLEAR
- Lighting
- DAYLIGHT
- Road surface
- DRY
- Road defect
- NO DEFECTS
- Trafficway
- T-INTERSECTION
- Traffic control
- PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SIGN
- Speed limit
- 30 MPH
Raw data
View the crash's underlying records: exactly as published by the city, or as transformed for crashstop.org