Chicago mom wants justice, stronger safety measures after her teen son was killed riding his bike

CHICAGO -- A Northwest Side mother is fighting to bring to trial the driver who hit and killed her teenage son while the boy was riding his bike.She is also working to make the roads safer for bicyclists.A ghost bike has been set up at the corner of Long and Waveland avenues in the Portage Park neighborhood, where Joshua Anleu was struck and killed on his bike back on Oct. 4 of last year.His mother, Karen Buednia, wants her son to be remembered as more than just the victim of a tragic accident.

'I don't know, what else do they need?'Nearly six months after the crash that took her son's life, Buendia was on the front for video and witnesses that could further shed light into what happened.'He stopped, or he didn't stop. She stopped, or she didn't stop,' said Buendia. 'She killed my son - and that's the fact.'Buendia wants stricter measures to prevent another tragedy in the area.'Today, it was my son,' she said.

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