Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

One Year Later, Bratton’s NYPD Rarely Enforcing Key Vision Zero Law

By Brad Aaron | Aug 24, 2015 | 13 Comments

Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the Right of Way Law, also known as code Section 19-190, which made it a misdemeanor for motorists in New York City to harm people who are walking and biking with the right of way. The law is a legislative centerpiece of Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero initiative. It […]

No Charges for Driver Who Killed 72-Year-Old Cyclist in Sunset Park

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2015 | 29 Comments

A motorist killed a senior on a bike under the Gowanus Expressway on a Sunset Park street where drivers are routinely involved in high-speed crashes. The crash happened Wednesday at around 5:30 p.m. Rigoberto Diaz, 72, was traveling westbound against traffic on 48th Street and attempting to turn left onto Third Avenue when a driver traveling northbound […]

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 […]

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

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2015 | 24 Comments

NYPD filed no charges against a motorist who cut a swath of destruction through East New York, striking two people on a sidewalk and killing one of the victims. The driver, in a Toyota Camry, was making a left turn at Pennsylvania Avenue and Cozine Avenue at around 10:30 a.m. on July 1 when she mounted the sidewalk, struck a wall, […]

When a Driver Had a Seizure and Killed Two in Manhattan, It Was Murder

By Brad Aaron | Jul 14, 2015 | 21 Comments

One day after a fatal crash at this intersection, drivers – including the NYPD – blatantly run the red. pic.twitter.com/0qTq39gDn2 — Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) July 14, 2015 The motorist who killed a cyclist and injured several others in Brooklyn yesterday told police he had a seizure after he did not take his medication. If the driver’s […]

DMV: Six-Month Suspension for Driver Who Killed Sammy Cohen Eckstein

By Brad Aaron | Jul 8, 2015 | 11 Comments

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles determined that the driver who killed 12-year-old Sammy Cohen Eckstein failed to exercise due care and did not have a valid license at the time of the crash. DMV administrative law judge Marc Berger suspended the driver’s license for six months. At around 5:15 p.m. on October […]

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