Cyclist Killed In Skokie Hit-And-Run Crash Identified By Medical Examiner

SKOKIE, IL — The man who died after he was struck by two vehicle Tuesday night in Skokie has been identified as a electrician with the Chicago Transit Authority.

Carlos Medina, 37, was knocked from his bike by a car in the center lane before he was hit again by another driver in the curb lane, according to Skokie police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

One of the drivers remained at the site of the crash on Oakton Street between St. Louis and Central Park avenues. But the other fled eastbound.

Police said the hit-and-run driver was in a "dark-colored vehicle" but declined to provide any further information about it.

Patch on Wednesday asked a Skokie police spokesperson for additional information about the crash, including the type of vehicle involved and the direction the bicyclist was traveling. They had not responded as of 24 hours later.

Medina, a Logan Square resident, was fatally struck had recently left work at the Oakton Street CTA maintenance facility, where he had begun working full-time last January, family members told WLS.

"He wanted to retire with CTA. He was just a good, hardworking guy. It's unbelievable. Unthinkable," his sister Maria Medina told the station, urging the hit-and-run driver to come forward.

"To that person, I hope you find it in you to come forward," she said. "Take responsibility for what you did."

The village of Skokie operates at least a dozen automated license plate reading cameras. The cameras, which are integrated into a network of suburban cameras maintained by Atlanta-based Flock Safeaty, allow investigators to track and identify cars.

Detectives and evidence technicians from the North Regional Major Crimes Task Force's Major Crash Assistance Team have been called in to investigate the crash.

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