Terrible Lakeview Intersection Proves Deadly

By Rob Christopher in News on May 7, 2008 10:00PM

The intersection of Belmont and Sheridan is one we've hated and feared ever since moving into the neighborhood. It's a toxic stew: you've got cars anxious to get on LSD, cars anxiously getting off LSD, commuters anxious to catch buses going downtown or anxious to get home after getting off buses coming from downtown, and a traffic light with timings that almost seem capricious. Yikes!

This morning a 62-year old neighborhood resident was killed in the crosswalk after getting caught in the middle of a chain-reaction crash. It happened about 10:15 a.m. when a westbound U-Haul truck ran a red light and broadsided a southbound car in the intersection. The two occupants of the truck got out after the crash and took off on foot. They're still at large.

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