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The Kane County Corner’s Office said an autopsy shows the preliminary cause of death of famous German architect Helmut Jahn as multiple injuries from a bicycle vs. vehicle crash Saturday. ....
After Jahn death, bike advocates say cyclists must be careful and infrastructure must help Helmut Jahn was killed in a crash at the intersection of Burlington and Old LaFox roads in Campton Hills on Saturday. Karie Angell Luc for the Daily Herald Helmut Jahn was killed in a crash at the intersection of Burlington and Old LaFox roads in Campton Hills on Saturday. Karie Angell Luc for the Daily Herald
Updated 5/10/2021 8:01 PM In the wake of the bicycle crash Saturday in Campton Hills that killed world-renowned architect Helmut Jahn, area bicycle safety activists said more work can be done to design intersections and roads to better accommodate bicyclists and pedestrians, even in rural and exurban areas. ....
UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 12:05 pm ET Reply Architect Helmut Jahn, shown here during a 2015 reception in Berlin, Germany, died Saturday in a bicycle crash in Campton Hills. Jahn, who was 81, designed Chicago s Thompson Center among other famous buildings across the world. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) RESTON, VA Architect Helmut Jahn, 81, who designed the Plaza at Reston Station and the first office building at that project, died in a bicycle collision Saturday in Campton Hills, Illinois. Police in the western Chicago suburb said Jahn was riding his bicycle north on Old Lafox Road toward Burlington Road around 3:30 p.m. and did not stop at the stop sign, according to a report from the Chicago Tribune. ....
Monday, May 10, 2021 Whatever you might say about the Thompson Center, we were all very fortunate to have this man in our state. WBEZ… World famous Chicago-based architect Helmut Jahn died in Campton Hills in a biking accident, authorities confirmed. In a news release, Campton Hills police say Jahn failed to stop at a stop sign at Burlington and Old LaFox Road in the far west suburbs, and was struck by two vehicles Saturday afternoon. One driver was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured. Jahn, who lived in St. Charles, was 81. ....
CHICAGO â Helmut Jahn, the famous German architect behind some of Chicagoâs most impressive buildings, died when he was struck by two vehicles while riding his bicycle Saturday afternoon, according to Campton Hills, Illinois, police. He was 81. Jahn was riding his bicycle northeast on Old Lafox Road, approaching its T-shaped intersection with Burlington Road about 3:30 p.m. Saturday âand failed to stop at the posted stop sign,â according to a news release from Campton Hills police, a village near St. Charles in west suburban Kane County. âThatâs what multiple witnesses relayed,â Campton Hills Officer Scott Coryell said. âFor an unknown reason, he failed to stop.â ....