Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

No Charges for Motorist Who Killed Senior Margherita Nanfro in Bath Beach

By Brad Aaron | Jul 29, 2014 | No Comments

A Brooklyn driver who killed a senior by crashing into her on a neighborhood street in broad daylight was not charged by NYPD, though reports suggest the victim had the right of way. The 37-year-old motorist drove into Margherita Nanfro as she crossed Rutherford Place at Bay 16th Street in Bath Beach at around 12:20 […]

4 Reforms Michael Ameri Must Make to NYPD Crash Investigations

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2014 | 3 Comments

The Daily News reported Wednesday that Deputy Inspector Michael Ameri, who made street safety a priority as commanding officer of Brooklyn’s 78th Precinct, was promoted to head up the NYPD Highway Patrol — putting him in charge of the Collision Investigation Squad. As Streetsblog has reported in detail, NYPD crash investigation protocols are ripe for […]

NYPD Fails to Charge Driver Who Killed a Child in Red Hook This Morning

By Brad Aaron | Jun 2, 2014 | 138 Comments

A motorist killed a teenager in Red Hook this morning. Nicholas Soto, 14, was crossing Lorraine Street at Hicks Street at around 7:00 when the driver of a BMW sedan slammed into him. From WNBC: Witnesses said the force of the impact flung the boy up in the air and over a fence. Millie Mendez […]

For Cooper’s Law to Work, NYPD Must Change Its Approach to Traffic Crashes

By Brad Aaron | May 30, 2014 | 4 Comments

One of the most substantive traffic safety bills passed by the City Council Thursday was Intro 171 — “Cooper’s Law” — which allows the Taxi and Limousine Commission to suspend or revoke hack licenses of cab drivers who cause critical injury or death as a result of breaking traffic laws. The effectiveness of the law, however, […]

NYPD and the Press Parrot Driver’s Account of Crash That Killed Lisa Julian

By Brad Aaron | Mar 28, 2014 | 17 Comments

Yesterday’s fatal East Village crash is another example of how NYPD and the press blame deceased pedestrians and cyclists based mostly on the word of the drivers who killed them. “Woman, 47, crossing against light in NoHo struck by car, killed on Thursday,” read the Daily News headline. But the only evidence presented that Lisa […]

Witness: Crash That Killed Marlene Baharlias Likely Caught on Video

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2014 | 4 Comments

A man who says he saw the Tuesday crash that killed Marlene Baharlias echoes the story told by others: The driver backed into the senior on a Sheepshead Bay sidewalk. The witness believes a security camera in his building recorded the crash, but NYPD does not share details of crash investigations unless compelled by freedom of information requests. […]

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