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Manhattan DA Says Alleged Central Park Hit-and-Run Cyclist Didn’t Flee, Drops Charges
Prosecutors said the 30-year-old cyclist "remained on the scene for about 45 minutes after the crash and waited for paramedics to arrive to treat the injured person."
July 3, 2025
Cyclist Arrested After Crash with Electric ‘One-wheel’-Style Unicycle
Carolyn Backus is charged with fleeing the scene of a crash causing serious injury, but the details are murky.
July 2, 2025
Tow Truck Stealing Scofflaw Still Not Caught By NYPD
Streetsblog ran the plates, the scofflaw has 13 school zone speed camera violations!
September 11, 2024
Eric the Relic: In Blaming Dead Pedestrians, Adams Seizes Long-Discredited and Hateful Messaging
It's a time-honored car culture tactic: If you can’t or won’t protect pedestrians, make them take the rap.
July 25, 2024
NYPD Hands Out ‘Vision Zero’ Awards After 257 People Were Killed and 40,000 Injured Last Year
Police brass on Friday said that 70 of its 77 precincts — or 91 percent — failed to achieve Vision Zero in 2023, yet the agency handed out awards anyway.
January 26, 2024
Police Nab One Half of Hit-and-Run Duo Who Killed Pedestrian in Queens Last Year
Cops cuffed a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a 68-year-old pedestrian in Queens late last year. The second driver who hit the victim before also fleeing the scene is still on the loose.
January 11, 2024
NYPD Driver Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ in Killing of 7-Year-Old
Stephanie Sharp's lawyer said the young boy's death was an "accident" for which she should not face charges.
November 16, 2023
Mayor Boasts of His Record — However Spotty — As He Vows to Fix Corner Where Boy Was Killed
The move comes as critics blamed the mayor for not doing enough to keep roads safe in a year when nine children and a record number of cyclists have died in crashes.
November 1, 2023
Pedestrian Killed by Driver Making a Dangerous Turn: Cops
Another pedestrian has been killed by a driver, who hasn't been charged, even though police said she made a reckless left turn out of a Bronx gas station.
October 30, 2023
Cops Arrest Reckless Driver Who Killed Education Leader Norman Fruchter
A reckless driver killed Norman Fruchter 26 years after his first wife died in the same manner. Cops finally arrested his killed this week.
July 25, 2023
