Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run

Attention Albany: NYC’s First Traffic Death of 2018 Was a Brutal Hit-and-Run. Do Something.

By Brad Aaron | Jan 11, 2018 | 4 Comments

Jun Sum Yim, 77, was hit in the 109th Precinct, in Flushing. State lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fix laws that give drivers an incentive to flee after a serious crash.

E.14th Street at Union Square East. Photo: Google Maps

Adrian Blanc Was the Second Person Killed on the Same Union Square Block in 5 Years

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2017 | 7 Comments

Blanc was hit Tuesday as he crossed Union Square East at 14th Street. In 2012, at the other end of the block, Harry Robinson killed Roxana Buta with a DOT truck.

Justice for Victims of Hit-and-Run Drivers in New York Shouldn’t Be So Rare

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2017 | 2 Comments

Albany has to stop dithering and give prosecutors adequate tools to hold hit-and-run drivers accountable -- and prosecutors must be more willing to pursue cases.

Jeremy Morales, shown in the white circle, was killed in Brooklyn by a driver who did not stop. Image via WCBS

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Jeremy Morales at Nostrand and Church Avenues in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Oct 2, 2017 | 8 Comments

Morales was at least the eighth person killed by a hit-and-run driver while biking or walking in NYC in 2017. Most hit-and-runs in the city don't result in arrests or tickets.

Grand Street where Juan Maldonado killed Matthew von Ohlen. Despite entreaties from Transportation Alternatives and local City Council Member Antonio Reynoso, among others, DOT has done nothing to make cycling safer on Grand since von Ohlen’s death. Photo: Google Maps

Motorist Who Killed Matthew von Ohlen and Fled the Scene Convicted of Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Sep 26, 2017 | 5 Comments

Juan Maldonado killed von Ohlen in the summer of 2016. On Monday, a jury convicted him of second-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene, and reckless driving.

Speeding, Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Two Men in Brooklyn Pleads to Leaving the Scene

By Brad Aaron | Sep 5, 2017 | 1 Comment

Efrin Lanfranco-Perez was not charged for killing Delmer Maldonado and Israel Turcios in a 2016 Cypress Hills crash. He could get probation under the terms of a plea deal with Acting-DA Eric Gonzalez, due in part to state law that incentivizes leaving the scene.

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