Family and attorneys for a teen who died after he was struck by a driver allegedly under the influence of cocaine are calling for accountability and more serious charges to be filed.
A cyclist was struck and injured Friday by a motorist who fled the scene before police arrived. Last year, two blocks away, another cyclist was struck and killed by a motorist.
Frame painted pink, handlebars covered in flowers and wheels stark white, Joshua Anleu’s memorial bicycle will forever sit at the intersection of North Long Avenue and West Waveland Avenue. The 16-year-old from Portage Park was hit by a car and killed at the spot in early October. About 100 family members, bike safety activists and neighbors placed a “ghost bike” honoring the teen there .