Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Curb Jumping

Cab Driver Who Ran Over Kids on Bronx Sidewalk Blames Car

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2015 | 112 Comments

The livery cab driver who ran over four children and a woman on a Bronx sidewalk Wednesday blamed the car he was driving. The driver, identified as Bialo Daillo, spoke with WNBC yesterday. … Daillo … said he was heartbroken by the accident. The driver said he stepped on the break [sic] and the car wouldn’t […]

TLC: Driver Who Hit Children on Bronx Sidewalk Works for Uber [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2015 | 79 Comments

Warning: Graphic video Updates below The livery cab driver who sped onto a sidewalk and injured a woman and several children this morning in the Bronx was driving a vehicle affiliated with an Uber base, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission. TLC spokesperson Allan Fromberg said the cab operates from Uber’s Schmecken hub. Fromberg said […]

NYPD: “No Criminality” as Cab Driver Runs Over Kids on Bronx Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2015 | 10 Comments

Several people, including a number of children, were seriously injured when a livery cab driver drove onto a sidewalk in the Bronx this morning. At around 7:45 the driver, a man whose name was not released, “lost control” of a Toyota Camry at 229 E. Kingsbridge Road, according to NYPD. A police spokesperson said the driver hit one woman and […]

NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Woman on Midtown Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2015 | 27 Comments

Update: Newsday identified the driver as Dimas Debrito. A driver who hit three people on a Midtown sidewalk, killing a 24-year-old woman, was not charged with a crime by NYPD or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. On Monday August 10, at around 4:24 p.m., Mallory Weisbrod was walking along Second Avenue at E. 49th Street when […]

NYPD: Driver Error Caused Crash That Killed Mike Rogalle

By Brad Aaron | Aug 5, 2015 | 20 Comments

NYPD determined that a driver pinballing down a Manhattan street caused a curb-jump crash that killed a pedestrian, but police and District Attorney Cy Vance filed no charges. UPS delivery man Mike Rogalle, 58, was working his Financial District route on April 17, 2012, when an SUV driver ran him over on the sidewalk outside 15 Beekman […]

Vance Nets Felony Indictment for Driver in Beekman Sidewalk Hit-and-Run

By Brad Aaron | Jul 22, 2015 | 9 Comments

A woman accused of deliberately driving onto a sidewalk in the Financial District, injuring a pedestrian, and leaving the scene was indicted on felony charges today, according to the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Vance says Tiffany Murdaugh was behind the wheel of her Dodge Challenger on the morning of April 13, 2015, when she drove […]

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