NORTH CENTER — Friends of the 23-year-old bicyclist killed by a truck in North Center Monday morning have established a fundraiser to help the woman's family during this time of "unimaginable tragedy."
Anastasia Kondrasheva was riding her bike northbound on Damen Avenue south of Addison Street when a flatbed truck driving next to her made a right turn onto Addison, hitting her in the process, police said.
She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of the truck was ticketed for the accident, police said Tuesday.
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Friends of the health coach and aspiring circus performer have started a fundraiser for the woman's family. The GoFundMe has a goal of $10,000 and is aiming to "help her family with this unimaginable tragedy and support them financially in their loss," said friend Julia Larikova, who created the fundraiser.
"She lived very passionately and courageously," Larikova wrote on the fundraiser page. "She was loved by everybody and she loved everyone in return."
Kondrasheva, formerly of Naperville and most recently Logan Square, was riding her bike to work just before 8 a.m. Monday when she was hit. She worked as a health coach at Harken Health in Edgewater where her fellow employees were distraught over her death.
Harken issued a statement to DNAinfo saying they were "very saddened" to learn of Kondrasheva's passing, whom the staff called a "colleague and friend."
"She was an exceptionally valued care team member, and our deepest condolences go out to her family and friends," Harken said.
Kondrasheva's boyfriend said she loved nature — water, forests. She was vegan, interested in animal rights causes. She loved the earth too much to eat meat or byproducts, he said. She made an online video applying for a PETA job, describing her passion for animal's rights.
Kondrasheva will be honored with a ghost ride on Friday night, according to a tweet Tuesday from BikeCHInorth.
Donate to Kondrasheva's fundraiser here.
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