Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

Street Improvements Alone Won’t Prevent the Next Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Sep 20, 2013 | 23 Comments

A child who was struck by a curb-jumping motorist near a Maspeth school last Thursday died two days later. Parents this week vented to Council Member Elizabeth Crowley and DOT about unsafe conditions in the area. No charges have been filed against the driver by NYPD or Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, and after immediately declaring […]

NYPD: “No Evidence of Wrongdoing” in Curb-Jump Crash That Killed Senior

By Brad Aaron | Sep 19, 2013 | 12 Comments

Two drivers, one of them unlicensed, collided at an intersection in Dyker Heights late Tuesday morning with sufficient force to send a pickup truck through a bus shelter where several people were waiting for the B4. James McCloskey, 71, was killed. NYPD says no one did anything wrong. The crash occurred between 11:30 and 11:40 a.m., […]

CIS Investigating Crash That Maimed Three Kids; So Far, Richard Brown Is Not

By Brad Aaron | Sep 13, 2013 | 30 Comments

NYPD says the Collision Investigation Squad is investigating the Thursday curb-jump crash that injured five children in Maspeth, but District Attorney Richard Brown’s office says no subpoenas for cell phone records or EDR data have been issued, as police have determined there is “no criminality.” At least three of the victims remain in the hospital […]

Running Down Five Children on a Sidewalk Is Legal in New York City

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2013 | 91 Comments

Warning: Graphic video DNAinfo is reporting that the driver who jumped a curb and hit five kids in Maspeth this morning, an incident captured on video, probably will not be charged. A surveillance tape shows a group of kids on a Grand Avenue sidewalk when the driver of a Honda SUV runs one of them […]

Jhonn Carlos Fernandez, 35, Killed by Motorcyclist in Washington Heights

By Brad Aaron | Aug 19, 2013 | 2 Comments

For the second time in less than a week, a motorcyclist has struck and killed a NYC pedestrian. The latest crash happened at around 4:20 Saturday morning, in Washington Heights. Jhonn Carlos Fernandez, 35, was walking with friends when he was struck on Amsterdam Avenue near 167th Street, according to reports. Accounts vary, but DNAinfo […]

Driver Injures Two on Bronx Sidewalk; NYPD: No Charges, No Tickets

By Stephen Miller | Aug 6, 2013 | 15 Comments

All too often, a New York City driver jumps a curb, strikes a pedestrian (or 10), and is on his or her way without so much as a traffic ticket. If the motorist is a repeat drunk driver, or if the crash kills a teenager, it might grab the public’s attention for a moment. But usually, victims are transported to the hospital, debris […]

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