NYPD Crash Investigations
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Driver Injures Two on Bronx Sidewalk; NYPD: No Charges, No Tickets
All too often, a New York City driver jumps a curb, strikes a pedestrian (or 10), and is on his or her way without so much as a traffic ticket. If the motorist is a repeat drunk driver, or if the crash kills a teenager, it might grab the public's attention for a moment. But usually, victims are transported to the hospital, debris is swept away, and as far as police and prosecutors are concerned, all is forgotten. No investigation. No arrests. No summonses.
August 6, 2013
Motorists Take the Lives of Human Rights Worker and Senior in Brooklyn
A senior was killed by a motorist in Bensonhurst this weekend, and a Prospect Heights pedestrian who was struck by an alleged drunk driver earlier this month has died from her injuries.
July 15, 2013
Liu’s Office Outlines Benefits of Investigating All Serious NYC Traffic Crashes
John Liu's office recently published a brief analysis of the newly-expanded NYPD Collision Investigation Squad. Liu has already proposed increasing the number of NYPD crash investigators, and now Doug Giuliano, senior policy analyst for the comptroller's office, has put up some more numbers that illustrate how woefully inadequate CIS staffing is.
July 11, 2013
Will the “Rule of Two” Trigger Hynes Probe Into the Death of Felix Coss?
While the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau looks into the death of Felix Coss, the school teacher who was struck and killed by an officer driving a police vehicle in Williamsburg, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has yet to launch his own investigation.
July 10, 2013
Another Cyclist Killed at East Harlem Intersection, NYPD Again Blames Victim
For the second time in less than a year, a cyclist has been killed by a motorist at the intersection of E. 108th Street and Park Avenue, in East Harlem.
June 3, 2013
Motorist Havoc: Two Dead, Five Hurt, Kids in Critical Condition, No Charges
A pedestrian and a cyclist are dead after a series of crashes in Brooklyn and the Bronx in which motorists also injured five other people. Three of the victims were teenagers. One crash left two young boys in critical condition. No charges are known to have been filed by NYPD or DAs Charles Hynes and Robert Johnson.
May 20, 2013
Cleared in Traffic Court, Hit-and-Run Killer Still Employed at NYC DOT
A DOT employee who crushed a Manhattan pedestrian with a dump truck and left the scene was not charged with a crime, was cleared of all traffic violations, and remains on the payroll.
May 17, 2013
Leroy Comrie Bill Would Force NYPD to Report to Council on Hit-and-Runs
Queens City Council Member Leroy Comrie is set to introduce a bill that may have an impact on how NYPD approaches hit-and-run crashes, which kill dozens of NYC pedestrians and cyclists a year.
May 15, 2013
Hynes: No Charges for Curb-Jumper Who Blew Red and Killed Pedestrian
A Sheepshead Bay driver who ran a red light, jumped a curb and struck three people, killing one, has not been charged criminally by NYPD or Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.
May 13, 2013
NYPD: Pedestrian Killed Himself by Running Into Stopped Police Cruiser
NYPD has reportedly changed its story about what happened to Tamon Robinson, the man who suffered fatal injuries when he was chased by officers in a police cruiser through a housing complex in Brooklyn. Whereas witnesses said police ran Robinson over, NYPD now claims the victim killed himself by running into the police cruiser, which wasn't moving.
April 22, 2013