Brutal Holiday Season in NYC -- Drivers Killed 7 Pedestrians in 8 Days
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New York City motorists killed at least six people walking, including a child, in the last week. Three victims were killed in the new year.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run
When Will Albany Act to Strengthen Hit-and-Run Penalties?
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Ydanis Rodriguez and other Upper Manhattan electeds joined friends and family of Jean Paul Guerrero yesterday to urge lawmakers to reform state law that incentivizes deadly hit-and-run crashes.
Matthew von Ohlen’s Alleged Killer Charged With Assault and Manslaughter
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A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged yesterday for the death of Matthew von Ohlen, who was killed last summer as he rode his bike on Grand Street in Williamsburg by a motorist who left the scene.
Off-Duty NYPD Cop Who Killed SI Pedestrian Found Guilty of Homicide
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An off-duty NYPD officer was found guilty at trial last week for the hit-and-run killing of a pedestrian in the Mariners Harbor section of Staten Island. [Update: McClean was sentenced to one to three years in prison, fined $2,000, and had his drivers license revoked, according to the Staten Island Advance.] William Hemphill, 51, was crossing Richmond Terrace, near […]
Curb Jumper’s License Revoked Six Months for Killing Mallory Weisbrod
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Dimas Debrito, the curb-jumping driver who killed 24-year-old Mallory Weisbrod and injured two others last August, pled guilty on Thursday to two misdemeanors for reckless endangerment and failure to exercise due care leading to serious physical injury. He will also agree to a six-month license suspension. In another case, a driver will receive six months jail time after […]
Hit-and-Run Dollar Van Driver Strikes Couple, Kills Man on Flatbush Avenue
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Drivers killed two pedestrians in separate crashes in Queens and Brooklyn on Friday and Saturday. In one case, police are still looking for the driver of a minibus who fled the scene after striking a couple, killing a man and critically injuring his wife. [Update: The driver in this crash was identified as Jameson Golding. Golding was […]