Bicyclist fatally hit by truck in Roscoe Village

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman riding her bicycle was killed after being hit by a truck in the Roscoe Village neighborhood Monday morning, Chicago police said.

The accident occurred at about 7:50 a.m. in the 1900-block of Addison Street, police said. The Chicago Fire Department said the victim is a woman in her 40s.

The truck was a large flatbed truck with construction equipment on it that was heading north on Damen Avenue and making a right turn onto Addison Street when he hit the bicyclist.

Employees of the company said the man who was driving the truck at the time jumped out of it as soon he realized what happened. He ran over to help the woman as did witnesses on the scene. A man said it was clear she was killed instantly by the impact of the truck.

"He said he looked both ways, but if a person started coming as he was making a turn it's hard to see anyway," said Chris McCraw, a co-worker of the truck driver.

"The driver was so distraught they took him away in an ambulance," said witness Carole Cifone

"He's really feeling hurtful because of the family," said McCraw.

Witness Carole Cifone said she say the driver of the truck get loaded into an ambulance.

"The driver was so distraught, they took him away in an ambulance," she said. "He was just bent out of shape by what had happened that he was responsible for it."

"Any vehicle needs to constantly be aware of cyclists on the road," said Meg, a bicyclist. "This is a shared bike road. There's no excuse."

The investigation carried on through peak commuting hours.

In a matter of hours a memorial grew, built by a bike community healing from several recent cyclists deaths on the streets of Chicago.

"Instantly, it was 'is that one of my friends' and I pulled up around the road and texted as many people as I knew to figure out, 'do we know who's bike that is,'" said Meg, a bicyclist.

There are no bike lanes along Damen or Addison, but there are signs warning both bikers and drivers to share the road.

Police have not yet said if they will cite the driver of the truck.

The bicyclist has not been identified.