Editorial: Look up from your phone: Pedestrian deaths have spiked
by The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Mar 05, 2019
2 minutes
Walking has become more hazardous to your health. Pedestrian deaths nationwide appear to have hit their highest point in almost 30 years, a troubling spike even amid increased attention to safety.
In another disturbing twist, hit-and-run accidents, some of them deadly, are also up in Chicago and nationwide, the Tribune reports.
More than 6,200 pedestrians died in
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