Life was good when the 34 year old woman left her East Village home on the morning of September 3rd. It was warm and sunny as she checked out a Divvy bike from a station near her home. She planned a leisurely ride to her office on Michigan Avenue where she worked as a financial planner. She learned the day before that she was pregnant with her and her husband's second child. She felt great.
A driver with the Illinois Department of Transportation spoiled her serenity when he slammed his truck into her. The woman was hit as she pedaled east on West Augusta Boulevard in the intersection with North Ashland Avenue. She had been riding in dedicated bicycle lane on Augusta. Just after she crossed into the intersection, the traffic light controlling eastbound traffic turned from green to yellow. She entered the intersection legally. She pedaled across Ashland's two southbound lanes. In most Chicago intersections it takes three seconds for a traffic signal to go from yellow to red. After she crossed the center line, the northbound driver, who had not stopped at the intersection, crashed into her right side, throwing her several feet.
The bicyclist was knocked unconscious by the impact and suffered deep wounds to her face and other parts of her body. Her right foot was fractured. An ambulance arrived quickly and rushed her to Resurrection Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center nearby. Numerous tests thankfully ruled out a major head injury. The helmet she was wearing probably had something to do with that. Also, her pregnancy, thus far, seems unaffected, though the fear and anxiety she is experiencing cannot be understated.
The Divvy bike was demolished.
Our law firm has been retained to represent the bicyclist.
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