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Hershel Weinberger
United States · Aged 9 · Died 07/14/2021
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Hershel Weinberger was on his bike around 8 p.m. He was biking east on the north sidewalk of Chase Avenue when he crossed Sacramento Avenue in the crosswalk. An off-duty officer, 48, was driving north on Sacramento in a Toyota Tundra full-size pickup truck when he allegedly ran the stop sign and killed the boy. Officer Michael Leverett was issued a citation for failure to exercise due care for a person in the roadway and suspended from his job.
Alleged responsible partyChicago Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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