West Rogers Park – A 5-year-old girl riding her bicycle was R”L struck and killed Sunday evening by a vehicle exiting a West Rogers Park alley, YWN has learned.
The girl, Esther Kenig A”H, was riding her bike past an alley in the 6100 block of North Sacramento Avenue about 5:30 p.m. when a vehicle exiting the alley struck her, police said.
Esther was rushed to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where she was later pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The driver, who remained at the scene after the collision, had not received any charges or traffic citations as of late Sunday, a police spokesperson told the Chicago Tribune.
No Levaya information was available at this time.
Boruch Dayan Emmes…
(Eli Gefen / Eli Rowe – YWN)
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so tragic!! boruch dayan emet.
boruch dayan hamet. were is the lavaya? please update.
Beyond words! If possible, please give the girl’s father’s name.
Baruch Dayan Emes. Esther was the daughter of Avi Kenig. The levayah is at Waldheim Cemetary at 1. The child was released by the M.E. to Chevra Kadisha, the WBBM report was incorrect.
Nothing more should be said about this tragedy. Shalom V’Shalva should return to our city.
Girl’s mother is Nechama Kenig, daughter of Victor and Rita Katz, long time Chicagoans. Levaya details are still pending. If you know anything about Chicago, getting gravediggers on a legal holiday is not so easy.
The Levaya for Esther Kenig will take place today, graveside service, Waldheim Cemetery gate five at 1:00.
Hashem Yirachem aleinu,
I cringe every time I see children(or adults) riding bikes and not stopping at the alleys, or even slowing down! Likewise,I am angered when I see vehicles shooting out of alleys without stopping, slowing down, or honking.
DRIVERS – Please,please,please, come to a complete stop and inch forward slowly when emerging from an alley. We’ve all had close calls, and you WILL hit someone if you’re not careful.
PARENTS – Please,please,please, teach your children to stop their bicycles at ALL alleys, and carefully check for traffic, just as they would stop at a street.
Let’s do our part to prevent this type of senseless tragedy.
Is Avi Kenig short for “Avraham” or “Avinoam” or what?
the levaya already passed. “Hamakom yenachem etchem betoch shear avlei tzion veyerushalayim”. The girl is the most adorable thing I ever saw. She is my friends niece. (and has a first cousins bar mitzva in chicago this week.
Kenig shiva in Chicago:
The Kenig family will be sitting shiva at 6319 N. Lawndale, Chicago through Sunday.
Hours: 9:30am-1:00 pm, 3:00pm-6:00pm and 7:30pm-9:30pm
Baruch Dayan HaEmes. What a tragedy! Hashem Yerachem.
It happened just two blocks from where we live. We know the family. They are such wonderful people. They should only have Simchas from now on.
AVI KENIG WILL BE SITTING SHIVA AT 3219 AVE K BROOKLYN NY THE DOOR WILL BE OPEN ALL DAY
THE ONE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO NEVER FORGRT WHO ESTI WAS AND TO ALWAYS REMEMBER HER MEMORIES HOW SHE WOULD MAKE PEOPLE LAOUGH AND SMILE JUST BY LOOKING AT THEM SHE COULD MAKE YOU SMILE FROM NOTHING NOW THATS A GIFT
HER FATHER AT THE LEVAYA COULD NOT SAY IT ANY BETTER SHE WAS THE LIGHT IN THE ROOM SHE WOULD WALK IN TO.
WE ALL WILL DAVEN TO HASHEM THAT HE SHOULD HELP YIDDY AND HIS FATHER TO GET BY THIS TRAGEDY AND BE STRONG BE STRONG BE STRONG BE STRONG
ITS THOUGH BUT WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL AND MAY HASHEM BRING US MUSHIACH BEKUROV MAMASH
AVI YOU R GREAT FATHER AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK HASHEM THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HALF AS GOOD AS YOU
We are also davening for her mother, brother, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and EVERYONE who was touched by this tragedy.
Baruch Dayan HaEmes! Heartbreaking.
this is terrible news! I knew esti ever since she was living in Chicago. she was such acute sweet girl, and we will all miss her terribly. Hashem should bring a nechama to her father, mother and brother