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June 4, 2018
MTA Bus Driver Kills 7-Year-Old Shevon Bethea in the Bronx
New York City motorists have killed six children age 14 or under in the first five months of 2018, marking the first year-to-year increase in child traffic deaths in the Vision Zero era.
May 29, 2018
Streetfilms: Jackson Heights Remembers Giovanni Ampuero and Calls for a Safer Northern Boulevard
There are too many funerals for children killed by drivers on Northern Boulevard.
May 8, 2018
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Indicts Driver Who Killed Two Kids on 9th Street for Manslaughter
The DA says Dorothy Bruns ignored doctors' instructions to stop driving months before she hit Joshua Lew and Abigail Blumenstein.
May 3, 2018
86-Year-Old Driver Kills Giovanni Ampuero, 9, in Queens Crosswalk
Motorists have killed five children walking or biking on NYC streets this year, compared to one such fatality in the first four months of 2017.
April 30, 2018
Hundreds of Parents and Children Demand Action From de Blasio to Stop Drivers From Killing Kids
Council Speaker Corey Johnson told the crowd "we will do everything we can within our power" to prevent the loss of life.
March 13, 2018
When We Treat Driving as a Fundamental Right, People Lose Their Lives
Officials and the media are questioning how Dorothy Bruns, who posed such an obvious and significant threat to public safety, was allowed to drive.
March 7, 2018
DA Eric Gonzalez and NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 2 Kids in Crosswalk
Video shows Dorothy Bruns run a red light before striking the children, ages 1 and 4, and their mothers. The car Bruns was driving has been tagged for four red light violations and four school zone speeding violations since 2016.
March 6, 2018
Darcel Clark: Probation for Driver Who Killed Child Inside Bronx Restaurant and Fled Scene
Kwasi Oduro killed Ethan Villavicencio, 7, and injured the boy’s little sister and father as they ate in a sandwich shop. Oduro got no jail time and may drive again in five years.
February 13, 2018
The Death of Kevin Flores Is a Complete and Total Failure of Our Vehicle Regulation System
The driver who killed Flores, 13, lacked a valid license, but the oil truck company operating out of his Suffolk County home is in good standing with U.S. DOT.
January 29, 2018
