Ghost bike placed in Loop to honor teen killed while biking on Memorial Day 2024

Ghost bike placed in Loop to honor teen killed while biking on Memorial Day 2024

CHICAGO — Bike safety advocates held a vigil on Sunday for an 18-year-old who was struck and killed by a driver while crossing the street on a bike in the Loop last year. Family and friends joined Bike Lane Uprising to place a ghost bike at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street in honor of Yader Castaneda. Just before 5 a.m. on Memorial Day in 2024, Castaneda was crossing the road on an electric Divvy bike when he was hit by a …