The city usually sees about six bicycling deaths in a full year, so the total is already at the year's average with more than three months to go. The total includes the death of a man whose bicycle was struck by a train in June and died of his injuries Sunday, the Cook County medical examiner's office confirmed Tuesday.



This year's fatal crashes, all occurring since June, have been particularly unsettling for the city's bicycling community since they have happened in such a short span of time and all involved large vehicles. In Monday's accident, Anastasia Kondrasheva, 23, died after she was hit by a flatbed truck in Roscoe Village on the North Side during the morning rush hour.



Kondrasheva was riding north on Damen Avenue when she was hit by a truck that was also headed north on Damen and was turning right onto Addison Street, police said.



"I was in shock, I started shaking," said a woman who saw the accident. "Everyone was running around, stopping traffic, calling police and trying to help."



The truck driver, a 38-year-old man, was cited for failure to exercise due care around a pedestrian, said Officer Michelle Tannehill, a police spokeswoman. A sign on the truck was for Westmont Interior Supply House, a west suburban company that distributes commercial acoustical ceilings, drywall and other material. No one answered a call at the company Monday afternoon.



The witness to Monday's crash said she saw Kondrasheva lying in the street a few feet from the sidewalk, still wearing a helmet. Her bicycle was nearby.



Rebecca Resman, 34, of Roscoe Village, a bicycle advocate who organizes rides for kids and families in the neighborhood, said she and others are planning a vigil at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Addison and Damen.