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NYPD Fails to Charge Driver Who Killed a Child in Red Hook This Morning
A motorist killed a teenager in Red Hook this morning.
June 2, 2014
How Do You Educate Kids on Street Safety When Drivers Are Dangerous?
Last week, DOT rolled out a new pedestrian safety video for its school-based education programs. Set to a hip-hop beat, the four-minute video is aimed squarely at young New Yorkers. It dissects three scenarios to educate kids about safely navigating city streets. But you'll notice that in two of the scenarios, it's drivers who are breaking the law.
May 13, 2014
Hit-and-Run Driver Charged With Reckless Driving for Killing 5-Year-Old
Last night just before 8:30, five-year-old Roshard Charles was crossing Empire Boulevard between Nostrand Avenue and Rogers Avenue with his mother, his baby brother, and a friend. They were just outside his family's apartment when a double-parked driver threw her car in reverse, hit the gas and killed the boy as he was about to reach the sidewalk. The driver fled the scene, but now faces hit-and-run and reckless driving charges.
March 17, 2014
As Lucian Merryweather’s Family Grieves, Charges Against His Killer Reduced
Lucian Merryweather was one of at least 10 children age 12 and under killed by a New York City motorist in the last 12 months. As his family tries to cope with his death and joins others in demanding an end to traffic violence, court records say charges were downgraded against the driver who killed Lucian and injured his younger brother, Theodore.
March 12, 2014
DA Dan Donovan: Six Months for SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed 5 Year Old
A Staten Island motorist who fled the scene after hitting a mother and two young children, fatally injuring the woman's 5-year-old son, will serve six months in jail under a plea deal from District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
March 4, 2014
DOT Plans Changes for UWS Intersections After Pedestrian Deaths [Updated]
Video: Barron Lerner, uncle of Cooper Stock, speaks at last night's CB 7 forum.
January 31, 2014
Barron Lerner: It’s Time to Treat Reckless Driving Like Drunk Driving
The most basic flaw in the New York State traffic justice system is that in most cases it fails to hold motorists accountable for deadly recklessness. Unless a motorist is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, killing someone with a car is usually not considered a crime.
January 24, 2014
The Suburb Where Everybody Can Walk to School
Lakewood, Ohio, population 51,000, doesn't have any school buses. It never has.
January 17, 2014
At Upper West Side Vigil, Families Mourn 9-Year-Old Lost to Traffic Violence
Hours after Mayor de Blasio unveiled his administration's approach to sharply reducing traffic deaths yesterday, hundreds of New Yorkers gathered at an Upper West Side intersection to mourn 9-year-old Cooper Stock, who was killed last Friday by a turning taxi driver while crossing West End Avenue with his father.
January 16, 2014
9-Year-Old Boy, Mother, and Senior Killed in Weekend of Motorist Violence
Three pedestrians were fatally struck by motorists over the weekend, bringing to seven the number of people killed while walking in New York City in the first two weeks of 2014.
January 13, 2014