Chicago crime: Bicyclist attacked during dispute over litter in Edgewater, helmet likely saved life

Chicago police stated Wednesday within the 1000-block of West Hollywood Avenue, the sufferer was driving his bike northbound when, whereas stopped at a crimson mild, he noticed an individual in a automobile drop a small bag of meals trash out of the window onto the road.

The bicyclist picked the bag up and positioned it on the automobile’s windshield and went to depart. Whereas the person would not keep in mind what occurred subsequent, surveillance video exhibits the passenger obtained out of that automobile and punched him within the head.

The sufferer fell, together with his head beneath the wheel of a Jeep, which tried to drive round him however caught his head beneath the rear tire.

The sufferer’s helmet was crushed, police stated, and certain saved his life.

The person is hospitalized however his situation is secure, police stated. It was not instantly clear if the attacker was in custody, or if the motive force who ran him over stopped and waited for police.