Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run

Council Bill Would Fine Drivers for Leaving the Scene of a Crash

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2014 | 8 Comments

Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer and Ydanis Rodriguez have introduced a bill that would impose civil penalties for hit-and-run crashes. Intro 371 would attach escalating fines, based on injury severity, for violating Section 600 of the state traffic code, which deals with leaving the scene. Fines would begin at “not more than” $250 for drivers […]

Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Brooklyn Senior Convicted of Leaving Scene

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2014 | No Comments

A jury has convicted a motorist who, while driving without a license, fatally struck a Brooklyn senior and left the scene. Isabel Rodriguez, 88, was walking with her 79-year-old sister on July 22, 2012, when Wayne Stokeling drove into her at Stone and Livonia Avenues in Brownsville, according to reports. Police tracked down his damaged BMW […]

Brooklyn DA Secures Rare Manslaughter Conviction for Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | May 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

In a rare case of an apparently sober motorist facing serious penalties for a fatal crash, an unlicensed hit-and-run driver who killed one Brooklyn pedestrian and seriously injured another pled guilty to manslaughter this week. Raul De La Cruz and an unidentified woman were crossing Borinquen Place near Keap Street in Williamsburg at around 5 […]

Accused Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer on Trial in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2014 | 2 Comments

A motorist who authorities say had a history of driving offenses and was driving without a license when he fatally struck a Brooklyn senior and fled the scene two years ago is on trial this week. Isabel Rodriguez, 88, was walking with her 79-year-old sister on July 22, 2012, when Wayne Stokeling drove into her at […]

Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed Two People in NYC This Weekend

By Brad Aaron | May 12, 2014 | 3 Comments

Hit-and-run drivers killed a pedestrian and a cyclist in Brooklyn and Queens this weekend. Sunday night at around 9:30, a 40-year-old man riding a bike on Rockaway Boulevard near 90th Street was struck by the driver of a Mercedes van, according to reports. NYPD told the media the driver sideswiped the cyclist from behind and […]

Driver Fatally Strikes Bushwick Cyclist, Hits Cars, Leaves Scene [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Apr 9, 2014 | 3 Comments

Update: The cyclist has been identified by WNBC as Angel Torres. The driver remained at large Thursday morning. A driver killed a cyclist in Brooklyn this morning and injured another motorist before fleeing the scene on foot. The crash occurred at around 8 a.m., when a man driving a BMW sedan hit a man on […]

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