Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Epileptic Cab Driver on Trial for Murder for Bronx Sidewalk Killings

By Brad Aaron | Feb 24, 2016 | 4 Comments

The driver of a green cab who killed a child and a man on a Bronx sidewalk last year was charged with murder. The Bronx district attorney’s office said Emilio Garcia was not taking his epilepsy medication when he fatally struck 5-year-old Tierre Clark and 25-year-old Kadeem Brown on the Grand Concourse at E. 170th Street on March 20, […]

Years After Death of Ariel Russo, NYPD Chases Still Injuring and Killing People

By Brad Aaron | Feb 22, 2016 | 1 Comment

Last week Franklin Reyes was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for the death of 4-year-old Ariel Russo. Police pulled Reyes over on W. 89th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, on June 4, 2013, after he drove his family’s pick-up truck across several lanes to make a turn. As officers walked toward the […]

DOT: Drivers Injured 1,084 Pedestrians and Cyclists, and Killed 13, in January

By Brad Aaron | Feb 17, 2016 | 6 Comments

Seventeen people died in New York City traffic in January, and 3,750 were injured, according to DOT’s Vision Zero View crash data map. DOT reported 11 pedestrians and two cyclists killed by city motorists last month, and 1,084 injured, compared to 10 deaths and 1,043 injuries in January 2015. Among the victims of fatal crashes were Andrea Kremen, Rodney Graham, […]

Vance Drops Right of Way Charge Against Truck Driver Who Killed Senior

By Brad Aaron | Feb 10, 2016 | 52 Comments

Driver arrested for ” failure to yield to ped”http://t.co/PaZU5zPzZ7 — NYPD Highway (@NYPDHighway) October 11, 2014 Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance dropped a Right of Way Law charge against a truck driver who killed a senior on the Upper East Side. On the afternoon of October 10, 2014, Victor Hernandez hit 86-year-old Peter Romano with a […]

DA Cy Vance Wins Conviction in Washington Heights Hit-and-Run Killing

By Brad Aaron | Feb 5, 2016 | 3 Comments

A driver charged with fatally striking a man in Washington Heights and leaving the scene was sentenced to prison yesterday. Jesus Fabian pled guilty to evidence tampering in the death of Antonio Ramirez, according to court records and the office of Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. The crash occurred on Audubon Avenue at W. 176th Street on October […]

Charges Reduced in Manhattan Hit-and-Run Death of Charity Hicks

By Brad Aaron | Feb 4, 2016 | 8 Comments

Charges have been reduced against a driver who allegedly killed a woman on a Manhattan sidewalk and fled the scene. On May 31, 2014, Thomas Shanley drove a Dodge SUV onto the curb on 10th Avenue near W. 34th Street, striking a pole that fell on Charity Hicks, according to a criminal court complaint and Gothamist. Hicks, […]

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