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Northwest Side motorcyclist, 29, dies after crash on Kennedy ramp

Kaitlin Rose Wagner Zbonski died Wednesday after her motorcycle struck a concrete wall on the Kennedy Expressway’s Ontario Street feeder ramp. The crash briefly closed several lanes.

Northwest Side motorcyclist, 29, dies after crash on Kennedy ramp

A 29-year-old Northwest Side woman died Wednesday after her motorcycle crashed on the Kennedy Expressway’s Ontario Street feeder ramp in downtown Chicago, Illinois State Police said.

Kaitlin Rose Wagner Zbonski struck a concrete wall shortly before 3 p.m. and went over it, landing in the expressway’s southbound lanes, police said. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly before 4 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Several lanes were closed after the crash and reopened around 6 p.m. Authorities did not provide further details about what led to the crash.

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