{"id":1026130,"date":"2026-08-26T22:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026130\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:08:16","slug":"e-bike-rider-injured-in-chicago-hit-and-run-says-driver-was-not-cited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026130\/","title":{"rendered":"E-bike rider injured in Chicago hit-and-run says driver was not cited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phs6wg3gl744jgk1.jpg\" alt=\"E-bike rider injured in Chicago hit-and-run says driver was not cited\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/phs6wg3gl744jgk1.jpg\" alt=\"E-bike rider injured in Chicago hit-and-run says driver was not cited\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-39f6236e=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; A Chicago man is looking for answers after he says a driver hit him while he was riding his e-bike and left the scene.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Ruben Trejo says the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Friday near north Milwaukee and west Armitage avenues.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Chicago police say a 30-year-old woman driving a Ford sedan struck Trejo as he was riding southbound on Milwaukee Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Trejo says the impact left his lower body completely numb. He says he had to drag himself to the sidewalk before being taken to Stroger hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Trejo says he did not suffer any broken bones, but is now dealing with significant pain, bruising and emotional trauma.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">He says the driver fled the scene and later reported the crash. Trejo asked detectives why no charges or citations were being issued.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;He said I don\u2019t have to call because he\u2019s not following up on anything. He didn\u2019t really give me a specific reason other than the driver later reported the incident, but the driver took off on the scene,&#8221; Trejo said.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Chicago police confirmed no citations were issued to the driver.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">FOX Chicago asked police why the driver was not cited and whether the driver leaving the scene would factor into the investigation.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police told us no further information was available.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Trejo says he is now looking for an attorney to take on his case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this article was reported by FOX Chicago&#8217;s Leslie Moreno.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO &#8211; A Chicago man is looking for answers after he says a driver hit him while he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1026131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,6082,5386,1818,50,68],"class_list":["post-1026130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chicago","tag-cook-county","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}