Streetfilms: Jackson Heights Remembers Giovanni Ampuero and Calls for a Safer Northern Boulevard
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There are too many funerals for children killed by drivers on Northern Boulevard.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Children
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Indicts Driver Who Killed Two Kids on 9th Street for Manslaughter
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The DA says Dorothy Bruns ignored doctors' instructions to stop driving months before she hit Joshua Lew and Abigail Blumenstein.
86-Year-Old Driver Kills Giovanni Ampuero, 9, in Queens Crosswalk
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Motorists have killed five children walking or biking on NYC streets this year, compared to one such fatality in the first four months of 2017.
Hundreds of Parents and Children Demand Action From de Blasio to Stop Drivers From Killing Kids
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Council Speaker Corey Johnson told the crowd "we will do everything we can within our power" to prevent the loss of life.
When We Treat Driving as a Fundamental Right, People Lose Their Lives
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Officials and the media are questioning how Dorothy Bruns, who posed such an obvious and significant threat to public safety, was allowed to drive.
DA Eric Gonzalez and NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 2 Kids in Crosswalk
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Video shows Dorothy Bruns run a red light before striking the children, ages 1 and 4, and their mothers. The car Bruns was driving has been tagged for four red light violations and four school zone speeding violations since 2016.