I'm very shaken about this and still quite a bit in denial.
He got hit by a pickup truck while he was crossing on State Street. He had the walk signal. Last Monday afternoon, a vehicle on 31st heading west made a right on green and did NOT yield the right of way to John. I always had a bad feeling that something like this would happen to somebody at that crazy intersection that has many issues, but never could have thought that this could happen to one of my closest friends. I've had to yell out several times at either students or others to not go and pay closer attention to the drivers not obeying laws around there.
He suffered severe head injuries and back fracture and was in a coma....passed away on Saturday. I was the last person that he ever talked to.
Although his presence on the board was less than flattering or appropriate and I did not agree with him doing what he did, he was a dear friend. And Good Dolphin is right. His issue with Mac did have to do with being on the side of Pappy back when they had their issues, but that doesn't really matter in the long run.
My work days and nights are never going to be the same. We almost thought about starting up the Sports Huddle & Stuff show again, but obviously not now.
Tribune Article (name changed, but many of you know his name anyway):
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A 43-year-old southwest suburban man died Saturday afternoon after he was hit by a pickup truck Monday on the South Side, authorities said.
An autopy Sunday determined
staegecoach 17, of the 300 block of
somewhere in somewhere, died of multiple injuries from a pickup hitting a pedestrian, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
His death was ruled an accident, according to the medical examiner's office.
17 was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 6:28 p.m. Saturday.
He had been hit by a car on July 29 in the 3000 block of South State Street in the Dearborn Homes neighborhood, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
17 was crossing State Street on 31st Street heading east about 1 p.m. July 29 when he was hit by a 1994 Ford pickup truck, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada said.
Pedro Reyes-Cruz, 49, of the 1400 block of North Bosworth Avenue, was given two citations following the wreck – driving without a valid license and failure to exercise due care for a pedestrian in the roadway, according to Estrada
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bigfan wrote:
I am in the urination, puking, drunk, yelling zone.
The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
I once jerked in a chicken truck, so I have that going for me.
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