A 58-year-old man has been charged with reckless homicide for a crash involving a CTA bus that killed 71-year-old Frank Kiley Wednesday morning in the Edgewater neighborhood.
Vladimir Tsemekhman was also cited for reckless driving and not practicing due care towards a pedestrian in the roadway, police said.
Tsemekhman was allegedly speeding north on Sheridan Road when he failed to stop at a traffic light and caused a chain-reaction crash involving four other vehicles at 11:12 a.m. Wednesday, police said.
After the crash, Tsemekhman allegedly attempted to drive around a No. 147 CTA bus stopped in traffic and fatally struck Kiley, authorities said.
Kiley, of the 3900 block of North Clark Street, died at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Five other people were hospitalized, including the bus driver and a passenger, authorities said.
Tsemekhman, of the 800 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue, is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a bond hearing.
-- Sun-Times Media Wire