Hit-and-Run
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Two Cops Arrested for Drunken Hit-and-Runs In As Many Days
If the NYPD is serious about traffic safety, its rank-and-file haven't gotten the message.
November 16, 2018
Police Search for Hit-and-Run ATV Rider Who Killed a 65-Year-Old Cyclist
NYPD needs your help in finding the killer of a 65-year-old cyclist last week.
September 4, 2018
A Hit-and-Run Driver Killed a Woman in Simcha Felder’s District Two Days After NYC Was Forced to Shut Off Speed Cameras
Felder’s obstructionism on speed cameras may have claimed a victim.
August 3, 2018
Bushwick Cyclist Severely Injured by DSNY Driver and Deadly Evergreen Ave. Street Design
A hit-and-run Sanitation Department driver maimed a woman riding in the painted bike lane on Evergreen Avenue, near where a motorist killed cyclist Leah Sylvain in 2016. DOT has not improved conditions for biking on Evergreen since Sylvain was killed.
August 2, 2018
Hit-and-Run Drivers Killed 2 People Walking in Brooklyn and Staten Island Over the Weekend
Jose Cardoso was struck on the sidewalk outside his Greenwood Heights workplace. Heriberta Ramirez was killed crossing a Tompkinsville street by a motorist who has yet to be caught or identified.
July 2, 2018
Richard Brown: Misdemeanor Plea for Driver Who Dragged Senior to Her Death and Fled
Again and again, Richard Brown signs off on favorable plea deals for hit-and-run drivers who kill people, when he files charges at all.
June 21, 2018
Hit-and-Run Deaths Are Skyrocketing, and Pedestrians and Cyclists Bear the Brunt
Hit-and-run drivers killed more than 2,000 people in the U.S. in 2016, an increase of 60 percent since 2009.
May 1, 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
Hit-and-Run Box Truck Driver Kills Cyclist on Webster Avenue in the Bronx
Hit-and-run drivers have killed at least eight city pedestrians and cyclists in 2018.
April 24, 2018
How Seriously Does Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Take Hit-and-Run Killings?
In keeping with prior plea deals, Gonzalez offered as little 16 months in jail to the driver accused of killing Jean Paul Guerrero and fleeing the scene in 2016.
April 19, 2018
