Motorcyclist Hurt When Thrown From Skidding Vehicle

 A 47-year-old Brookfield man was brought by his family to Adventist La Grange Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle skidded out of control and he was thrown to the pavement while trying to avoid a car on Ogden Avenue west of La Grange Road at about 6:52 p.m. June 18.

The man initially refused transportation to the hospital by Fire Department ambulance.

The man was riding his 2011 Harley-Davidson west in the curb lane when a vehicle pulled out of the north end of the Walgreen’s lot and slightly into the eastbound lane of Ogden Avenue. That other car never crossed the double yellow line, police said.

The motorcycle rider, worried that the car might hit him, then braked, police said. The motorcycle brakes then locked up, causing the vehicle to skid out of control and throw the man to the pavement, police said.

Bicyclist hit

A man told La Grange police he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle at Ogden and Madison avenues at about 5:20 p.m. June 20. He refused transportation to the hospital and told police he has the license plate number of the car that hit him.

Hit-and-run reports

An earlier hit-and-run that happened on the 100 block of Calendar Ave. involving a black Crown Victoria hitting a La Grange woman’s  1997 Mercury Grand Marquis was reported at 4:42 p.m. June 21 to La Grange police.      

A La Grange man said he returned at about 6:30 p.m. June 20 to his  2011 Hyundai parked at 48th Street and Waiola Avenue and found that another vehicle had struck and damaged it in the 5-1/2 hours it had been there.  

A La Grange man’s 2006 Volkswagen Passat was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle while parked on the 500 block of south LaGrange Road, La Grange police learned at about 5:59 p.m. June 18.

The left rear of a Thorton man’s 2010 Hino was struck at Ogden Avenue and La Grange Road by a vehicle that fled, La Grange police learned at about 2:24 p.m. June 16.

Public works vehicle in crash

The right rear of a 2004 Ford pickup belonging to La Grange Public Works collided with the rear of a Burr Ridge woman’s 2008 Hyundai on Burlington Avenue about 200 feet east of Ashland Avenue at about 8:43 a.m. June 20.

La Grange Park ticket

A 19-year-old Bellwood man, Dashan C. Mitchell, was ticketed by La Grange Park police for having only one headlamp and driving while his license is suspended when his southbound  2004 GMC Envoy was stopped in the 300 block of north LaGrange Road at about 2:29 a.m. June 17.   

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