18-Year-Old Bicyclist Killed in Loop Crash ID'd, Officials Say

18-year-old cyclist killed in downtown Chicago crash identified

An 18-year-old cyclist killed in a downtown Chicago crash has been identified.

18-year-old bicyclist killed in Loop crash ID'd, officials say

The Chicago Police Department said someone on a Divvy bike was killed in a car crash in the Loop on Monday. He was ID'd as Yaber Casteneda.

Driver says he did not see cyclist in fatal Loop crash — Chicago's first bicyclist death of 2025

Peter Aleck says the force of the crash was so great, he thought his Hummer had been struck by another car.Instead, he had actually struck a cyclist crossing against a red light on a Divvy bike.The cyclist, 18-year-old Yader Castaneda, of southwest suburban Plano, was flung from his electric ride-share bike at Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street and died over an hour later, authorities said.He was the first bicycle fatality in Chicago of 2025, a…