 <p>A motorcyclist was killed Friday after being hit by a semitruck on the Lower West Side.</p><p>About 7:30 p.m., the truck driver was in the 2300 block of South Blue Island and turning onto South Wood Street when he struck the motorcyclist, who was driving east on Blue Island, Chicago police said.</p><p>The motorcyclist, whose identity wasn’t known, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.</p><div class="RTEHashTagLabAdModule">
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</div><p>No one was reported in custody.</p><p>CPD’s Major Accidents Unit is investigating.<br></p> 

A truck driver was turning from South Blue Island Avenue onto South Wood Street when he struck the motorcyclist, police said.{ai:summary}<p>A motorcyclist was killed after being hit by a semitruck on the Lower West Side. The truck driver struck the motorcyclist while turning onto South Wood Street from South Blue Island. The motorcyclist was taken to the hospital but did not survive. #crime</p>

Motorcyclist killed after being hit by semitruck on Lower West Side

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