Crime & Safety
Mount Prospect Biker Dies After Car Hits Her in Crosswalk
Joni Beaudry, 55, was crossing on her bicycle at Central Road and Weller Lane when she was struck Thursday.
Mount Prospect, IL—A 55-year-old Mount Prospect woman was killed Thursday when she was hit while riding her bicycle across a crosswalk, police report.
Joni Beaudry, 55, was crossing northbound across Central Road at Weller Lane when a black Lexus SUV traveling in the eastbound median lane struck her, the report stated. Beaudry was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge where she died from her injuries, the report added.
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The driver of the Lexus—Hanna Burzynska, 56, of the 1800 block of Pebble Creek Circle, Elk Grove—was cited with failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
Police are still investigating the crash and are asking anyone who witnessed the accident or has additional information to contact the department’s Major Accident Investigation Team at 847-870-5656.
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