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Memorial in Uptown honors 3-year-old girl killed in bike crash

Memorial in Uptown honors 3-year-old girl killed in bike crash
Memorial in Uptown honors 3-year-old girl killed in bike crash 00:19

CHICAGO (CBS)-- The community is remembering a 3-year-old girl killed in a bike crash Thursday. 

A memorial in Uptown is filled with flowers and stuffed animals.

Police said the child, later identified as Elizabeth Grace Shambrook by the Medical Examiner's Office, was riding on the back of a bike with her mother, in the 1100 block of West Leland Avenue around 8:18 a.m. Police said the bike and semi-truck were traveling in the same direction when the bicyclist lost control and collided with the truck.

The 3-year-old was taken to Lurie Children's Hospital where she was pronounced dead.   

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