A Skokie man who was critically injured in a July traffic crash died on Aug. 15, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. According to Skokie police, the man, identified as 27-year-old Joseph James Center by the Medical Examiner’s office, was traveling southbound on Gross Point Road on a bicycle in Skokie when he was struck by a vehicle heading north on the same road at the intersection of Skokie Boulevard on July 24 at 7:05 p.m. At the time of the crash, Skokie police said Center’s condition was critical but stable. The Medical Examiner’s office ruled Center’s death […]
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