Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Crash Investigations

Motorists Take the Lives of Human Rights Worker and Senior in Brooklyn

By Brad Aaron | Jul 15, 2013 | 1 Comment

A senior was killed by a motorist in Bensonhurst this weekend, and a Prospect Heights pedestrian who was struck by an alleged drunk driver earlier this month has died from her injuries. On July 5 at around 12:25 a.m., Roxana Gomez was walking at Flatbush Avenue and St. Marks Avenue when she was hit by a BMW […]

Liu’s Office Outlines Benefits of Investigating All Serious NYC Traffic Crashes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2013 | 9 Comments

John Liu’s office recently published a brief analysis of the newly-expanded NYPD Collision Investigation Squad. Liu has already proposed increasing the number of NYPD crash investigators, and now Doug Giuliano, senior policy analyst for the comptroller’s office, has put up some more numbers that illustrate how woefully inadequate CIS staffing is. With 19 investigators, in 2011 […]

Will the “Rule of Two” Trigger Hynes Probe Into the Death of Felix Coss?

By Brad Aaron | Jul 10, 2013 | 2 Comments

While the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau looks into the death of Felix Coss, the school teacher who was struck and killed by an officer driving a police vehicle in Williamsburg, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has yet to launch his own investigation. Coss, 61, was crossing Broadway at Hooper Street at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, in […]

Another Cyclist Killed at East Harlem Intersection, NYPD Again Blames Victim

By Brad Aaron | Jun 3, 2013 | 40 Comments

For the second time in less than a year, a cyclist has been killed by a motorist at the intersection of E. 108th Street and Park Avenue, in East Harlem. On Sunday evening at around 7:40 p.m., 18-year-old Marvin Ramirez was riding east on E. 108th when he was hit by the driver of a […]

Motorist Havoc: Two Dead, Five Hurt, Kids in Critical Condition, No Charges

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2013 | 15 Comments

A pedestrian and a cyclist are dead after a series of crashes in Brooklyn and the Bronx in which motorists also injured five other people. Three of the victims were teenagers. One crash left two young boys in critical condition. No charges are known to have been filed by NYPD or DAs Charles Hynes and […]

Cleared in Traffic Court, Hit-and-Run Killer Still Employed at NYC DOT

By Brad Aaron | May 17, 2013 | 9 Comments

A DOT employee who crushed a Manhattan pedestrian with a dump truck and left the scene was not charged with a crime, was cleared of all traffic violations, and remains on the payroll. It is unknown whether Harry Robinson is still driving vehicles for DOT, as the agency would not discuss details of his employment […]

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