Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

Did Cy Vance’s Office Investigate the Crash That Killed Mike Rogalle?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2015 | 2 Comments

A Manhattan prosecutor says District Attorney Cy Vance’s office has no record of any investigation into the curb-jump crash that killed pedestrian Mike Rogalle. Rogalle, who delivered packages for UPS, was working his Financial District route on the afternoon of April 17, 2012, when an SUV driver ran him over on the sidewalk outside 15 Beekman Street. Rogalle was removed […]

NYPD: No ROW Charge for Driver Who Killed Moshe Grun in UWS Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2015 | 108 Comments

Will NYPD file Right of Way Law charges against a driver who fatally struck Moshe Grun in an Upper West Side crosswalk? A sergeant from the 20th Precinct wouldn’t answer that question, denying Grun had died before deferring to an investigator who was on vacation. Grun, 59, was crossing Broadway at W. 62nd Street, in the marked crosswalk, […]

NYPD Denies FOIL Request for Files on NYPD Crash That Killed Felix Coss

By Brad Aaron | Jun 2, 2015 | 11 Comments

NYPD rejected a Streetsblog freedom of information request for files pertaining to a crash in which an on-duty officer killed a pedestrian in Brooklyn. Felix Coss, 61, was crossing Broadway at Hooper Street, in a crosswalk with the signal, on the afternoon of July 6, 2013, when Officer Paula Medrano struck him with a marked van from the […]

NYPD Denies Request for Files Related to Fatal Manhattan Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | May 27, 2015 | 17 Comments

NYPD rejected a Streetsblog freedom of information request for files related to a curb-jump crash that killed a Manhattan pedestrian in the Financial District three years ago. UPS man Mike Rogalle was working his regular route on the afternoon of April 17, 2012, when an SUV driver ran him over on the sidewalk outside 15 Beekman […]

Cy Vance Files Felony Charges for Beekman Street Sidewalk Hit-and-Run

By Brad Aaron | May 21, 2015 | 17 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance has filed felony charges against a woman accused of driving onto a downtown sidewalk, striking a pedestrian, and leaving the scene. Heather Hensl was walking on Beekman Street near William Street on April 13 when a motorist struck her, knocking her to the ground, lacerating her head and fracturing her leg. The driver […]

Turning Driver Kills 89-Year-Old on Upper East Side, NYPD Blames Victim

By Brad Aaron | May 15, 2015 | 39 Comments

For the second time in a week, a turning driver has killed a senior on the Upper East Side. Police blamed the victim in the press. John Torson, 89, was crossing E. 61st Street north to south at around 7:19 p.m. Thursday when a 56-year-old woman drove a Lexus SUV into him while turning left from First Avenue, […]

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